USN-7746-1: cipher-base vulnerability

Publication date

11 September 2025

Overview

cipher-base could be made to stall or return incorrect hash values if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

Details

Nikita Skovoroda discovered that cipher-base did not properly manage
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to manipulate
the internal state of hash functions, resulting in hash collisions,
denial of service, or other unspecified impact.

Nikita Skovoroda discovered that cipher-base did not properly manage
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to manipulate
the internal state of hash functions, resulting in hash collisions,
denial of service, or other unspecified impact.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky node-cipher-base –  1.0.4-6+deb13u1ubuntu0.25.04.1
24.04 noble node-cipher-base –  1.0.4-6+deb13u1ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 jammy node-cipher-base –  1.0.4-6+deb13u1ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal node-cipher-base –  1.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm2  
18.04 bionic node-cipher-base –  1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  

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