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Low · 3.1 CVE-2025-46653 EUVD-2025-12478GHSA-75v8-2h7p-7m2m

Formidable relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content

Published Apr 26, 2025 · Updated Apr 29, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Formidable (aka node-formidable) 2.1.0 through 3.x before 3.5.3 relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content; however, hexoid is documented as not "cryptographically secure." (Also, there is a scenario in which only the last two characters of a hexoid string need to be guessed, but this is not often relevant.) NOTE: this does not imply that, in a typical use case, attackers will be able to exploit any hexoid behavior to upload and execute their own content.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
node-formidable Formidable 2.1.0 – < 3.5.3 3.5.3

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-formidable 3.5.4+~cs11.10.5-1 —
Debian 13 node-formidable No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-formidable No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-formidable No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-formidable No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 node-formidable No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-formidable No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-formidable No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-formidable No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-formidable No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS node-formidable No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling tileserver-gl +1 5.3.0-r1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm formidable >= 3.1.1-canary.20211030, < 3.5.3 3.5.3 GHSA-75v8-2h7p-7m2m
npm formidable >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3 2.1.3 GHSA-75v8-2h7p-7m2m

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