CVE-2025-14972 Insufficient DPA countermeasure reseeding

Medium 4.1 Published Updated

Insufficient randomization in DPA countermeasures allows attackers to recover keys from Silicon Labs Simplicity SDK implementations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-14972?

CVE-2025-14972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in silabs.com Simplicity SDK, published on 15 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

* Countermeasures for DPA within SYMCRYPTO engine on SixG301xxx devices are not sufficiently random and will eventually repeat. * KSU keys using SYMCRYPTO will be impacted by this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-331

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14972?

How do I fix CVE-2025-14972?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-14972 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14972 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6cr3-m628-79px.

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