CVE-2025-25298: Missing Maximum Password Length Validation in Strapi Password Hashing
Description
Strapi is an open source headless CMS. The @strapi/core package before version 5.10.3 does not enforce a maximum password length when using bcryptjs for password hashing. Bcryptjs ignores any bytes beyond 72, so passwords longer than 72 bytes are silently truncated. A user can create an account with a password exceeding 72 bytes and later authenticate with only the first 72 bytes. This reduces the effective entropy of overlong passwords and may mislead users who believe characters beyond 72 bytes are required, creating a low likelihood of unintended authentication if an attacker can obtain or guess the truncated portion. Long over‑length inputs can also impose unnecessary processing overhead. The issue is fixed in version 5.10.3. No known workarounds exist.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N · CWE-261
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
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Affected vendors and products
strapi: strapi
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
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- github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/41f8cdf116f7f464dae7d591e52d88f7bfa4b7cb (opens in new tab)
- github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-2cjv-6wg9-f4f3 (opens in new tab)
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- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
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