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TI-2025-27306 Aliases CVE-2025-40912GHSA-w3qg-5chj-8g9g

CryptX for Perl before version 0.065 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to…

Priority HIGH 76CWE-1395Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CryptX for Perl before version 0.065 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to malformed unicode. CryptX embeds the tomcrypt library. The versions of that library in CryptX before 0.065 may be susceptible to CVE-2019-17362.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00427 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CryptX (MIK): 0.065

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MIKCryptX0.002 to before 0.0650.065Patch availableCNA
  • CryptX VendorMIK Affected 0.002 to before 0.065 Fixed in 0.065 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA CryptX (MIK) Fixed in 0.065

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40912
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w3qg-5chj-8g9g

References

Other 1

  • TI-2025-27308 Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-30120 Stack-based buffer overflow in MIK CryptX CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-07597 Crypt::ScryptKDF versions through 0.010 for Perl uses insecure random number source when… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2026-11599 CryptX versions before 0.088_001 for Perl compare AEAD authentication tags in… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.7

Sources

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