CVE-2025-6545 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-6545: pbkdf2 silently returns predictable uninitialized/zero-filled memory for non-normalized or unimplemented algos supported by Node.js

Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published June 23, 2025
Last update June 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in pbkdf2 allows Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/to-buffer.Js. This issue affects pbkdf2: from 3.0.10 through 3.1.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 23, 2025 CVE published
June 23, 2025 Record updated