CVE-2025-6998

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6998
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-6998.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-6998
Aliases
Published
2025-07-24T19:39:17Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:45Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Calibre Web 0.6.24 & Autocaliweb 0.7.0 - ReDoS
Details

ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette); Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Fluid Attacks",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/6xxx/CVE-2025-6998.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb
Events
Introduced
35dece44cbf4ca715be07f4d62b95f0391491ac0
Fixed
84477b55caff47e54d93384015fa694b6eb9b5be
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.7.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.7.1"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "DESCRIPTION"
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web
Events
Introduced
0af52f205358b0147ee3430f9e6c8fe007c0ea77
Last Affected
0af52f205358b0147ee3430f9e6c8fe007c0ea77
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.6.24"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.6.24"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.6.24
v0.*
v0.7.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-6998.json"