FreshRSS password_verify improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in FreshRSS. The affected element is the function password_verify. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-68402. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FreshRSS (unknown version). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function password_verify. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From 57e1a37 - 00f2f04, the lengths of the nonce was changed from 40 chars to 64. password_verify() is currently being called with a constructed string (SHA-256 nonce + part of a bcrypt hash) instead of the raw user password. Due to bcrypt’s 72-byte input truncation, this causes password verification to succeed even when the user enters an incorrect password. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.27.2-dev (476e57b). The issue was only present in the edge branch and never in a stable release.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-68402 since 12/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Applying the patch 476e57b04646416e24e24c56133c9fadf9e52b95 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Patch: 476e57b04646416e24e24c56133c9fadf9e52b95

Timelineinfo

12/16/2025 CVE reserved
03/09/2026 +83 days Advisory disclosed
03/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/12/2026 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-pcq9-mq6m-mvmp
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-68402 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-68402
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349872

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2026 23:27
Updated: 03/12/2026 22:49
Changes: 03/09/2026 23:27 (67), 03/12/2026 22:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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