CVE-2025-8556
Github.com/cloudflare/circl: circl-fourq: missing and wrong validation can lead to incorrect results
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 39th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
CIRCL-Fourq: Missing and wrong validation can lead to incorrect results
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 39th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
6 events over 323 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- Builds for Red Hat OpenShiftCloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
- Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat OpenshiftCloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
- Multicluster Global HubCloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
- OpenShift PipelinesOperating Systems / linux-distro
- OpenShift ServerlessCloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
- OpenShift Service Mesh 3Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Scored 3.7 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
- github.com/cloudflare/circl/security/advisories/GHSA-2x5j-vhc8-9cwm
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8556
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8556
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