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CVE-2025-9230

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  • Published2025-09-30
  • WeaknessCWE-125 · CWE-787

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Description

Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write. Impact summary: This out-of-bounds read may trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application. The out-of-bounds write can cause a memory corruption which can have various consequences including a Denial of Service or Execution of attacker-supplied code. Although the consequences of a successful exploit of this vulnerability could be severe, the probability that the attacker would be able to perform it is low. Besides, password based (PWRI) encryption support in CMS messages is very rarely used. For that reason the issue was assessed as Moderate severity according to our Security Policy. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-09-3014:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2026:67857 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.69 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2026:62549 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.70 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2026:65132 Red Hat Product Security12 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security update

  • RHSA-2026:50263 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.18.8 Async Update

  • RHSA-2026:50223 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.16.12 Async Update

  • RHSA-2026:50222 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.17.10 Async Update

46 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:67857 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:62549 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:65132 · 12 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:50263 · 4 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  5. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:50223 · 8 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For detailed instructions how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_satellite/6.16/html/updating_red_hat_satellite/index
  6. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:50222 · 4 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For detailed instructions how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_satellite/6.17/html/updating_red_hat_satellite/index

Detection

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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-09-30
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.52025-09-30
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-125, CWE-787read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.6 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2025-09-30
Last Modified
2026-10-15
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-9230?

Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using password based encryption can trigger an out-of-bounds read and write. Impact summary: This out-of-bounds read may trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application. The out-of-bounds write can cause a memory corruption which can have various consequences including a Denial of Service or Execution of attacker-supplied code. Although the consequences of a successful exploit of this vulnerability could be severe, the probability that the attacker would be able to perform it is low. Besides, password based (PWRI) encryption support in CMS messages is very rarely used. For that reason the issue was assessed as Moderate severity according to our Security Policy. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Is CVE-2025-9230 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-9230 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.6% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-9230?

CVE-2025-9230 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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