Critical severity9.1OSV Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-9288

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in sha.js allows Input Data Manipulation.This issue affects sha.js: through 2.4.11.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sha.jsnpm	< 2.4.12	2.4.12

Affected products

Browserify/Sha.jsOSV2 versions
v2.1.4, v2.1.5, v2.1.6, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v2.1.4, v2.1.5, v2.1.6, …
- cpe:2.3:a:browserify:sha.js:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*range: <=2.4.11
ghsa-coords51 versions
pkg:npm/sha.js pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-maps pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-notifications pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-observability pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-security-analytics-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-anomaly-detection-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-config pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-notifications pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-ml-commons-dashboards pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.1 pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.11 pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-19.0 pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-19.1 pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1 pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.11 pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.0 pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.1 pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3 pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-alerting-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-observability pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-query-workbench pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-reporting pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-index-management-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-security-analytics-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-query-workbench pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-alerting-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-anomaly-detection-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-config pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-dashboards-maps pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-dashboards-notifications pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-ml-commons-dashboards pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-dashboards-observability pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-dashboards-query-workbench pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-dashboards-reporting pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-dashboards-search-relevance pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-index-management-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-security-analytics-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-fips-security-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-security-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-alerting-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-config pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-maps pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-search-relevance pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-ml-commons-dashboards pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3 pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-anomaly-detection-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/chainguard/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-reporting pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-search-relevance pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-index-management-dashboards-plugin pkg:apk/wolfi/opensearch-dashboards-3-security-dashboards-plugin
< 2.4.12+ 50 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.12
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.0-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.0-r4
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- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r15
- (no CPE)range: < 18.11.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 19.0.3-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 19.1.1-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r30
- (no CPE)range: < 18.11.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 19.0.3-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 19.1.1-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.0-r4
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Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/browserify/sha.js/pull/78nvdIssue TrackingPatchWEB
github.com/browserify/sha.js/security/advisories/GHSA-95m3-7q98-8xr5nvdExploitVendor AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-95m3-7q98-8xr5ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9288ghsaADVISORY
www.cve.org/CVERecordnvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/browserify/sha.js/commit/f2a258e9f2d0fcd113bfbaa49706e1ac0d979ba5ghsaWEB
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00016.htmlnvdWEB

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Severity

CriticalCVSS v3.1

9.1/ 10

CVSS v49.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected

Source repo: github.com/browserify/sha.js

EPSS

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.68%

VYPR risk score

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.52high

cvss	0.591
epss	0.001
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	-0.070
ransomware	0.000

Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

CVE ID

CVE-2025-9288

Credits

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