Description
Newforma Info Exchange (NIX) uses a hard-coded key to encrypt certain query parameters. Some encrypted parameter values can specify paths to download files, potentially bypassing authentication and authorization, for example, the 'qs' parameter used in '/DownloadWeb/download.aspx'. This key is shared across NIX installations. NIX 2023.3 and 2024.1 limit the use of hard-coded keys.
Problem types
CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Product status
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2024.3
Credits
Shadron Gudmunson,Luke Rindels,Robert McCain,Asjha Stus,Adam Merrill,Ryan Kao,Brian Healy, Sandia National Laboratories Adversarial Modeling and Penetration Testing (AMPT)
References
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35052 (url)
raw.githubusercontent.com/...IT/white/2025/va-25-282-01.json (url)