CVE-2025-27581 Missing authorization in BRICS
Unauthorized users can access restricted InET module endpoints in NIH BRICS, bypassing role-based access controls.
- 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-2025-27581?
CVE-2025-27581 is a medium-severity missing authorization 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 allows users who lack the InET role to access the InET module via direct requests to known endpoints.
Weakness: CWE-425
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27581?
How do I fix CVE-2025-27581?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-27581 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27581 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6565-r3qg-5289.