CVE-2025-68703: Jervis Jervis's Salt For PBKDF2 Derived Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2025-68703 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) jervis's salt for pbkdf2 derived vulnerability (CWE-326: Inadequate Encryption Strength) affecting Jervis libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The issue involves jervis's salt for pbkdf2 derived from password. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 2.2.
CVE-2025-68703 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2025-68703
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Jervis dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
<dependency>
<groupId>net.gleske</groupId>
<artifactId>jervis</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</dependency>Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=net.gleskeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2025-68703, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=net.gleskeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Jervis in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 2.2), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=net.gleske command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-326: Inadequate Encryption Strength, where the product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. In Jervis, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2025-68703 Affected Jervis Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
net.gleske:jervis
|
Maven |
< 2.2
|
2.2
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-36h5-vrq6-pp34",
"modified" : "2026-01-21T16:23:01Z",
"published" : "2026-01-13T14:53:50Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-68703" ],
"summary" : "Jervis's Salt for PBKDF2 derived from password",
"details" : "### Vulnerability\n\nhttps://github.com/samrocketman/jervis/blob/157d2b63ffa5c4bb1d8ee2254950fd2231de2b05/src/main/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/SecurityIO.groovy#L869-L870\n\nhttps://github.com/samrocketman/jervis/blob/157d2b63ffa5c4bb1d8ee2254950fd2231de2b05/src/main/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/SecurityIO.groovy#L894-L895\n\nThe salt is derived from sha256Sum(passphrase). Two encryption operations with the same password will have the same derived key.\n\n### Impact\n\nPre-computation attacks.\n\nSeverity is considered low for internal uses of this library and high for consumers of this library.\n\n### Patches\n\nJervis will generate a random salt for each password and store it alongside the ciphertext.\n\nUpgrade to Jervis 2.2.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone\n\n### References\n\n- [NIST SP 800-132: Password-Based Key Derivation](https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-132/final)",
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