CVE-2025-27580 Weak cryptography in BRICS
Predictable token generation in NIH BRICS allows unauthenticated users to escalate privileges and compromise any account, including administrators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-27580?
CVE-2025-27580 is a high-severity vulnerability in NIH BRICS, published on 23 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NIH BRICS (aka Biomedical Research Informatics Computing System) through 14.0.0-67 generates predictable tokens (that depend on username, time, and the fixed 7Dl9#dj- string) and thus allows unauthenticated users with a Common Access Card (CAC) to escalate privileges and compromise any account, including administrators.
Weakness: CWE-335
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27580?
How do I fix CVE-2025-27580?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27580 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-27580 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27580 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gfh4-w8rr-x5c5.