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CVE-2025-46653VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Formidable (aka node-formidable) 2.1.0 through 3.x before 3.5.3 relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content; however, hexoid is documented as not "cryptographically secure." (Also, there is a scenario in which only the last two characters of a hexoid string need to be guessed, but this is not often relevant.) NOTE: this does not imply that, in a typical use case, attackers will be able to exploit any hexoid behavior to upload and execute their own content

Affects node-formidableSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.1 Low.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 06:42 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.1Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Apr 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10node-formidablepkg:deb/ubuntu/node-formidable?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • =3.2.5+20221017git493ec88+~cs4.0.9-1
  • =3.5.4+~cs11.10.5-1
  • =3.5.4+~cs11.10.5-2
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSnode-formidablepkg:deb/ubuntu/node-formidable?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • =3.2.5+20221017git493ec88+~cs4.0.9-1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 25.10node-formidablepkg:deb/ubuntu/node-formidable?arch=source&distro=questingOther threatsAffected
  • =3.2.5+20221017git493ec88+~cs4.0.9-1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnode-formidablepkg:deb/ubuntu/node-formidable?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • =3.2.5+20221017git493ec88+~cs4.0.9-1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSnode-formidablepkg:deb/ubuntu/node-formidable?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • =1.2.1+20200129git8231ea6-1
  • =1.2.1+20200129git8231ea6-2
  • =3.2.1+20220105git2815e91+~cs4.0.6-4
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSnode-formidablepkg:deb/ubuntu/node-formidable?arch=source&distro=focalOther threatsAffected
  • =1.2.1-3
Fixed in–

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Description

Formidable (aka node-formidable) 2.1.0 through 3.x before 3.5.3 relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content; however, hexoid is documented as not "cryptographically secure." (Also, there is a scenario in which only the last two characters of a hexoid string need to be guessed, but this is not often relevant.) NOTE: this does not imply that, in a typical use case, attackers will be able to exploit any hexoid behavior to upload and execute their own content.

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