CVE-2025-25199: BCryptGenerateSymmetricKey memory leak

7.5 CVSS

Description

go-crypto-winnative Go crypto backend for Windows using Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG). Prior to commit f49c8e1379ea4b147d5bff1b3be5b0ff45792e41, calls to `cng.TLS1PRF` don't release the key handle, producing a small memory leak every time. Commit f49c8e1379ea4b147d5bff1b3be5b0ff45792e41 contains a fix for the issue. The fix is included in versions 1.23.6-2 and 1.22.12-2 of the Microsoft build of go, as well as in the pseudoversion 0.0.0-20250211154640-f49c8e1379ea of the `github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-winnative` Go package.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-25199

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor: microsoft

Product: go-crypto-winnative

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.94% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-13 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-winnative/security/advisories/GHSA-29c6-3hcj-89cf
https://github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-winnative/commit/f49c8e1379ea4b147d5bff1b3be5b0ff45792e41

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