CVE-2025-65849CRITICAL 9.1EPSS p8.6%
CVE-2025-65849CVE-2025-65849
Description
A cryptanalytic break in Altcha Proof-of-Work obfuscation mode version 0.8.0 and later allows for remote visitors to recover the Proof-of-Work nonce in constant time via mathematical deduction. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because the product's objective is "to discourage automated scraping / bots, not guarantee resistance to determined attackers." The documentation states “the goal is not to provide a secure cryptographic algorithm but to use a proof-of-work mechanism that allows any capable device to decrypt the hidden data.”
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.1 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 0.19% probability of exploitation · percentile 8.6% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2025-12-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-15 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithmcwe-327 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.