CVE-2025-27580

Published: Apr 24, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 5.9

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) but does not correctly manage seeds.

References (6)

https://brics.cit.nih.gov

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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