CVE-2025-25298

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/41f8cdf116f7f464dae7d591e52d88f7bfa4b7cb
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-2cjv-6wg9-f4f3

Configurations

No configuration.

History

16 Oct 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-16 17:15

Updated : 2025-10-21 19:31

NVD link : CVE-2025-25298

Mitre link : CVE-2025-25298

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-25298

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-261

Weak Encoding for Password

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