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CVE-2025-23408 (GCVE-0-2025-23408)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-12 09:18 – Updated: 2025-12-18 15:34
VLAI
Title
Apache Fineract: weak password policy
Summary
Weak Password Requirements vulnerability in Apache Fineract. This issue affects Apache Fineract: through 1.10.1. The issue is fixed in version 1.11.0. Users are encouraged to upgrade to version 1.13.0, the latest release.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-18 15:33 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-521 - Weak Password Requirements
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Fineract Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.10.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 1.11.0 (semver)
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Credits
Peter Chen, PayPal Security Kristof Jozsa, BaaSFlow
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