# CVE-2025-56608: Weak cryptography in n/a

> The Android app uses broken MD5 hashing for digest authentication, allowing attackers to bypass security and gain unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wffj-85j3-x844

## What is CVE-2025-56608?

CVE-2025-56608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The SourceCodester Android application "Corona Virus Tracker App India" 1.0 uses MD5 for digest authentication in `OkHttpClientWrapper.java`. The `handleDigest()` function employs `MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5")` to hash credentials. MD5 is a broken cryptographic algorithm known to allow hash collisions. This makes the authentication mechanism vulnerable to replay, spoofing, or brute-force attacks, potentially leading to unauthorized access. The vulnerability corresponds to CWE-327 and aligns with OWASP M5: Insufficient Cryptography and MASVS MSTG-CRYPTO-4.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-56608?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Donbermoy Android Corona Virus Tracker App for India.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-56608?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-56608 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-56608 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-56608 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Security advisories published by Aninda , including CVE-2025-56608 and future findings. (github_poc): https://github.com/anonaninda/Aninda-security-advisories

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-56608 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-56608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-56608 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2025-56608/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56608/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-56608
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-56608
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-56608

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56608/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.