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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-14261

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

Published Dec 8, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 8, 2025 · LitmusChaos Litmus

Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14261. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of LitmusChaos Litmus is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.30%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor LitmusChaos Litmus 0 <3.23.0

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor LitmusChaos Litmus 0 <3.23.00 <3.23.0

How to fix CVE-2025-14261

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14261. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of LitmusChaos Litmus is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with LitmusChaos Litmus 0 <3.23.0 0 <3.23.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.30%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 8, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Dec 8, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14261

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-14261

    30-day exploitation probability 0.30%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 28, 2026
  • EUVDOct 27, 2026