Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting duckdb/duckdb package, versions [1.4.0,1.4.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DUCKDBDUCKDB-13925140
  • published13 Nov 2025
  • disclosed12 Nov 2025
  • creditSławek Kosowski, Greg Rubin

Introduced: 12 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-64429  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade duckdb/duckdb to version 1.4.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm due to the use of an insecure random number generator and improper handling of cryptographic keys and initialization vectors. An attacker can compromise cryptographic keys, bypass integrity checks, or influence the random number generation process by modifying the database header, exploiting public IVs, or accessing process memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1