🛡️ CVE-2025-27611 — base-x

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-1007 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

base-x is a base encoder and decoder of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression. Versions 4.0.0, 5.0.0, and all prior to 3.0.11, are vulnerable to attackers potentially deceiving users into sending funds to an unintended address. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.11, 4.0.1, and 5.0.1.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Affected software

CVE-2025-27611 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • base-x
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 30 April 2025 and last revised on 1 May 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-1007
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-04-30
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-05-01
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
base-x — —
unknown — —

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