CVE-2025-27580 – NIH BRICS Privilege Escalation and Account Compromise Vulnerability

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CVE-2025-27580 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-335
    Added Reference https://brics.cit.nih.gov
    Added Reference https://bugculture.io/CVE-2025-27580/
    Added Reference https://github.com/brics-dev/brics
    Added Reference https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/core/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/CoreConstants.java#L38
    Added Reference https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/service/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/account/service/complex/AccountManagerImpl.java#L725-L732
    Added Reference https://github.com/RoseHacks/Vulnerability.Research/blob/main/CVE-2025-27580/README.md
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