Vulnerability in Bluefeet Starch

CVE-2025-40925

Starch versions 0.14 and earlier generate session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a SHA-1 hash seeded with a counter, the epoch time, the built-in rand function, the PID, and internal Perl reference addresses. The…

EPSS: 0.003 (25.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-40925?
CVE-2025-40925 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bluefeet Starch, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-40925?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-40925 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.