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CVE-2025-25500

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

An issue in CosmWasm prior to v2.2.0 allows attackers to bypass capability restrictions in blockchains by exploiting a lack of runtime capability validation. This allows attackers to deploy a contract without capability enforcement, and execute unauthorized actions on the blockchain.

Affected products

• Cosmwasm: before 2.2.0 — fixed in 2.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cosmwasm 2.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/H3T76/8096a6ff9410f3a6d9a25db1a68ae657#file-cve-2025-25500
• https://gist.github.com/H3T76/8096a6ff9410f3a6d9a25db1a68ae657#file-cve-2025-25500

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