CVE-2025-12613 Cloudinary Node SDK is vulnerable to Arbitrary Argument Injection through parameters that include an ampersand

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can inject unintended parameters via ampersands in Cloudinary library inputs, potentially bypassing security checks or altering data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-12613?

CVE-2025-12613 is a high-severity vulnerability in cloudinary, published on 10 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Versions of the package cloudinary before 2.7.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Argument Injection due to improper parsing of parameter values containing an ampersand. An attacker can inject additional, unintended parameters. This could lead to a variety of malicious outcomes, such as bypassing security checks, altering data, or manipulating the application's behavior. **Note:** Following our established security policy, we attempted to contact the maintainer regarding this vulnerability, but haven't received a response.

Weakness: CWE-88

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12613?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including cloudinary.

PackageAffectedFixed in
cloudinary npmAll versions2.7.0
cloudinary npmAll versions2.7.0

How do I fix CVE-2025-12613?

Upgrade cloudinary to 2.7.0 or later.

Is CVE-2025-12613 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12613 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as CLSA-2026-1787310891, GHSA-g4mf-96x5-5m2c.

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