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CVE-2025-27580

Published: Apr 23, 2025

Modified: Apr 24, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
NIH	BRICS	affected `0 - <= 14.0.0-67`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://github.com/brics-dev/brics

https://brics.cit.nih.gov

https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/core/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/CoreConstants.java#L38

https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/service/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/account/service/complex/AccountManagerImpl.java#L725-L732

https://github.com/RoseHacks/Vulnerability.Research/blob/main/CVE-2025-27580/README.md

https://bugculture.io/CVE-2025-27580/

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