CVE-2025-27580

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-335: CWE-335 Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

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/

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