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CVE-2025-54350: In iperf before 3.19.1, iperf_auth.c has a Base64Decode assertion failure and application exit upon a malformed authentication attempt.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.47% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: azl3 iperf3 3.17.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 3.17.1-3; cbl2 iperf3 3.18-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 3.18-2; cbl2 iperf3 3.18-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0 3.18-2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to azl3 iperf3 3.17.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 3.17.1-3; cbl2 iperf3 3.18-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 3.18-2; cbl2 iperf3 3.18-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0 3.18-2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Published
Aug 2, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 41th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.3
CNA · mitre
3.7
1.6 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
esiperf3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mitre). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • ES iperf3

    • before 3.19.1affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • es iperf33.2 and later · before 3.19.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.22iperf3from 3.2 · before 3.19.1-r03.19.1-r0
Debian:11iperf3before 3.9-1+deb11u33.9-1+deb11u3
Debian:12iperf3before 3.12-1+deb12u23.12-1+deb12u2
Debian:13iperf3before 3.18-2+deb13u13.18-2+deb13u1
Debian:14iperf3before 3.19.1-13.19.1-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6iperfbefore 3.19.1-150000.3.15.13.19.1-150000.3.15.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweediperfbefore 3.19.1-1.13.19.1-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6iperfbefore 3.19.1-150000.3.15.13.19.1-150000.3.15.1

Same product

es: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2016-4303The parse_string function in cjson.c in the cJSON library mishandles UTF8/16 strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
    41Plan
  • CVE-2025-54351In iperf before 3.19.1, net.c has a buffer overflow when --skip-rx-copy is used (for MSG_TRUNC in recv).
    40Plan
  • CVE-2025-54349In iperf before 3.19.1, iperf_auth.c has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-7250Mar 18, 2024 · Iperf3: possible denial of service
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-26306May 14, 2024 · iPerf3 before 3.17, when used with OpenSSL before 3.2.0 as a server with RSA authentication, allows a timing side channel in RSA decryption…
    23Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-53580Dec 18, 2024 · iperf v3.17.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the iperf_exchange_parameters() function.
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
azl3 iperf3 3.17.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.03.17.1-3 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
cbl2 iperf3 3.18-1 on CBL Mariner 2.03.18-2 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
cbl2 iperf3 3.18-2 on CBL Mariner 2.03.18-2 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
alpine:iperf33.19.1-r0 · Alpine:v3.22Package registry (OSV)
debian:iperf33.12-1+deb12u2 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:iperf3.19.1-150000.3.15.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
suse:iperf3.19.1-150000.3.15.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Patch and commit links

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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