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Signing Checks Bypass

Type: advisorySources: OSV

A security issue was found in Sparkle before version 2.6.4. An attacker can replace an existing signed update with another payload, bypassing Sparkle’s (Ed)DSA signing checks.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-0509
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 04:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Signing Checks Bypass

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Feb 2025, 20:01 UTC

A security issue was found in Sparkle before version 2.6.4. An attacker can replace an existing signed update with another payload, bypassing Sparkle’s (Ed)DSA signing checks.

osv:CVE-2025-0509
Complete source record
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  "id": "cc109bee4be5e74eac8ca507a402ca0d394efcb70bcabcdee7a24164dd603190",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0509",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Signing Checks Bypass",
    "summary": "A security issue was found in Sparkle before version 2.6.4. An attacker can replace an existing signed update with another payload, bypassing Sparkle’s (Ed)DSA signing checks.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-0509",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-0509",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-java-2025-0509",
        "BIT-java-min-2025-0509",
        "BIT-jre-2025-0509",
        "CVE-2025-0509",
        "GHSA-wc9m-r3v6-9p5h"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                {
                  "fixed": "0ef1ee0220239b3776f433314515fd849025673f"
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                      {
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                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                  },
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sparkle-project:sparkle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          ],
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            "2.3.0",
            "2.3.0-beta.2",
            "2.3.0-beta.1",
            "2.2.1",
            "2.2.0",
            "2.2.0-beta.2",
            "2.2.0-beta.1",
            "2.1.0",
            "2.1.0-beta.2",
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            "2.0.0-rc.1",
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            "2.0.0-beta.3",
            "2.0.0-beta.2",
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            "1.14.0rc1",
            "1.12.0",
            "1.12.0a3",
            "1.11.0rc2",
            "1.11.0",
            "1.12.0a2",
            "1.12.0a1",
            "1.11.0rc1",
            "1.10.0rc1",
            "1.10.0",
            "1.9.0",
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            "1.8.0",
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            "sparkle-1.5b5",
            "sparkle-1.5b4",
            "sparkle-1.5b3",
            "sparkle-1.5b2",
            "sparkle-1.5b1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.693144479Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/",
        "https://sparkle-project.org/documentation/security-and-reliability/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/0xxx/CVE-2025-0509.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0509",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250124-0008/",
        "https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/pull/2550"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "fedora",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/0xxx/CVE-2025-0509.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492389,
  "published_at": "2025-02-04T20:01:08.865+00:00"
}