CVE-2025-40914 Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40914 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-40914 is a critical vulnerability in MIK CryptX, published on 11 Jun 2025.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: MIK CryptX. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40914/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40914/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-40914?
CVE-2025-40914 is a critical vulnerability in MIK CryptX, published on 11 Jun 2025.
Official description
Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow.
CryptX embeds a version of the libtommath library that is susceptible to an integer overflow associated with CVE-2023-36328.
Weakness: CWE-1395
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40914?
Linux distribution packages (1)
perl-CryptX openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 0.87.0-1.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-40914?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-40914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-63927, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40914, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40914, openSUSE-SU-2025:15259-1.