CVE-2025-65409VulnerabilityPublished 30 Dec 2025Updated 2 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-65409: recutils · n/a

Affects recutilsSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Gnugnu/recutils`pkg:deb/gnu/recutils`Other threats	Affected =1.9	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Immediate mitigation should focus on preventing the use of empty passwords in GNU Recutils encryption/decryption routines. Administrators should audit existing configurations to ensure no empty password fields exist and enforce password complexity policies that disallow empty or trivial passwords. Until an official patch is released, consider isolating Recutils services behind firewalls or network segmentation to limit exposure to untrusted networks. Monitoring logs and system behavior for unexpected crashes or service restarts can help detect exploitation attempts early. If possible, implement application-level input validation to reject empty password inputs before they reach the vulnerable code path. Organizations should track updates from GNU Recutils maintainers for patches and apply them promptly once available. Additionally, consider alternative tools or temporary workarounds that do not rely on the vulnerable encryption routines if the risk is unacceptable.

Description

A divide-by-zero in the encryption/decryption routines of GNU Recutils v1.9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via inputting an empty value as a password.

Impact

For European organizations, the primary impact of CVE-2025-65409 is service disruption due to Denial of Service attacks targeting GNU Recutils deployments. Organizations relying on Recutils for configuration management, data logging, or other database functions could face operational downtime, affecting business continuity. Critical infrastructure sectors such as energy, transportation, and government agencies that utilize open-source tools like Recutils might experience interruptions in automated processes or data availability. Although the vulnerability does not expose sensitive data or allow unauthorized data modification, the loss of availability can cascade into broader operational challenges, especially in environments with limited redundancy or failover mechanisms. Additionally, the ease of exploitation without authentication increases the risk of widespread scanning and attack attempts, potentially leading to increased incident response costs and reputational damage.

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 7 Jan 2026, 00:09 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-369

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