CVE-2025-67718 — formio
Fix: formio/formio@1836bddCVE-2025-67718 is a CWE-178 vulnerability in formio. A fix is available for formio — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Formio improperly authorized permission elevation through specially crafted request path
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-67718.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
formionpmDescription
Security Advisory: Unauthorized permission elevation through specially crafted request path
Summary: A flaw in path handling could allow an attacker to access protected API endpoints by sending a crafted request path. This issue could result in unauthorized data disclosure under certain configurations.
Impact: In affected configurations, an unauthenticated or unauthorized request could retrieve data from endpoints that should be protected.
Affected versions: <= 3.5.6 <= 4.4.2
Fixed in: 3.5.7 4.4.3
Mitigation / Workarounds: Upgrade to 3.5.7 or later.
Disclosure timeline: Discovered 2025-05-22; fixed 2025-05-30; publicly disclosed 2025-12.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | formio | all versions | 3.5.7npm install formio@3.5.7 |
| 📦npm | formio | ≥ 4.0.0-rc.1&&< 4.4.3 | 4.4.3npm install formio@4.4.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for formio, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update formio to 3.5.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-67718 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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