What is CVE-2025-14762?

CVE-2025-14762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AWS Sdk For Ruby, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-14762?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in AWS Sdk For Ruby

CVE-2025-14762

Missing cryptographic key commitment in the AWS SDK for Ruby may allow a user with write access to the S3 bucket to introduce a new EDK that decrypts to different plaintext when the encrypted data key is stored in an "instruction file" instead of S3's metadata record. To mitigate this issue, upgrade AWS SDK for Ruby to version 1.208.0 or later.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2025-12-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

AWS Sdk For Ruby — versions 1.208.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (third-party-advisory)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14762?: CVE-2025-14762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AWS Sdk For Ruby, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-14762?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.