What is CVE-2013-7469?

CVE-2013-7469 is a high-severity vulnerability in Seafile, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2013-7469?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Seafile

CVE-2013-7469

Seafile through 6.2.11 always uses the same Initialization Vector (IV) with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) Mode to encrypt private data, making it easier to conduct chosen-plaintext attacks or dictionary attacks.

Published 2019-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Seafile

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

github.com/haiwen/seafile/issues/350 (Third Party Advisory)
drive.google.com/file/d/1rwYsnuhZZxmSR6Zs8rJlWW3R27XBOSJU/view (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-7469?: CVE-2013-7469 is a high-severity vulnerability in Seafile, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2013-7469?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.