Vulnerability

CVE-2025-27611
CVSS Score 8.7 high

CVSS Vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-1007

[CVE-2025-27611] CWE-1007: Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to User

Description

base-x is a base encoder and decoder of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression. Versions 4.0.0, 5.0.0, and all prior to 3.0.11, are vulnerable to attackers potentially deceiving users into sending funds to an unintended address. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.11, 4.0.1, and 5.0.1.

See base-x package information