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CVE-2025-46653: Formidable relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content

April 26, 2025 (updated April 30, 2025)

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-75v8-2h7p-7m2m
  • github.com/node-formidable/formidable
  • github.com/node-formidable/formidable/blob/d0fbec13edc8add54a1afb9ce1a8d3db803f8d47/CHANGELOG.md?plain=1
  • github.com/node-formidable/formidable/commit/022c2c5577dfe14d2947f10909d81b03b6070bf5
  • github.com/node-formidable/formidable/commit/37a3e89fca1ed68ec674a539f13aafd62221ddaa
  • github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/formidable/file_upload/report.md
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46653

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.1.0 before 2.1.3, all versions starting from 3.1.1-canary.20211030 before 3.5.3

Fixed versions

  • 2.1.3
  • 3.5.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.3,3.5.3 or above.

Impact 3.1 LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-338: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Source file

npm/formidable/CVE-2025-46653.yml

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