Vulnerability · Published Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-27580
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in BRICS from NIH. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-335 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/brics-dev/brics
- https://brics.cit.nih.gov
- https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/core/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/CoreConstants.java#L38
- https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/service/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/account/service/complex/AccountManagerImpl.java#L725-L732
- https://github.com/RoseHacks/Vulnerability.Research/blob/main/CVE-2025-27580/README.md
- https://bugculture.io/CVE-2025-27580/