🛡️ CVE-2025-46672 — cryptolib

🟢 CVSS 3.5 — Low ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-252 NVD
3.5
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Description

NASA CryptoLib before 1.3.2 does not check the OTAR crypto function returned status, potentially leading to spacecraft hijacking.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-46672 is classified as CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value. A return value signalling failure is ignored, and execution continues as though the operation had succeeded.

Affected software

CVE-2025-46672 is recorded against 1 package.

  • cryptolib (fixed in 1.3.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 April 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
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securitybynature.fr
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Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-252
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2025-04-27
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
cryptolib — 1.3.2

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