CVE-2025-14261
Lack of entropy allows registered low-privileged users of Litmus to crack valid JWT tokens and gain admin privileges
The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Lack of entropy allows registered low-privileged users of Litmus to crack valid JWT tokens and gain admin privileges
The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.
- Record
CVE-2025-14261- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-201794
The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.
- Record
EUVD-2025-201794- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-836x-3v5w-54f3
The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for...
The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.
- Record
GHSA-836x-3v5w-54f3- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.
- Record
CVE-2025-14261- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Lack of entropy allows registered low-privileged users of Litmus to crack valid JWT tokens and gain admin privileges
The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.
- Record
CVE-2025-14261- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-14261 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Litmuschaos Litmus, published December 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.