CVE-2025-8095
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe OECH1 prefix encoding is intended to obfuscate values across the OpenEdge platform. It has been identified as cryptographically weak and unsuitable for stored encodings and enterprise applications. OECH1 encodings should be considered exploitable and immediately replaced by any other supported prefix encoding, all of which are based on symmetric encryption.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOECH1 prefix encoding in the OpenEdge platform is cryptographically weak and should not be used for stored encodings or enterprise applications. Attackers can exploit this weak obfuscation to recover sensitive values. All OECH1 encodings must be replaced with newer symmetric encryption-based prefix encodings supported by the platform.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- Authentication
- Y
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:D/RE:M/U:Red
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate OpenEdge installation directoryCheck common installation paths: Linux/Unix typically at /opt/psf or /opt/dlc, Windows at C:\Progress or C:\OpenEdge. Look for 'oech' or 'OpenEdge' in directory names.Affected if OpenEdge is installed on the system.
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Search for OECH1 references in configuration filesSearch for the string 'OECH1' in all .pf, .properties, and .pfx parameter files within the OpenEdge installation and application config directories. Use: grep -r 'OECH1' /path/to/openedge/ or find with -exec grep.Affected if Any configuration file contains 'OECH1' as an encoding type.
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Check application source code for OECH1 usageSearch source code files (.p, .cls, .w) for calls to the OECH1 encoding function or references to 'OECH1' as a parameter value. Typical function patterns include ENCODE/Decode calls with OECH1 prefix.Affected if Application code or stored procedures explicitly use OECH1 encoding.
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Inspect database connection or session parametersReview OpenEdge database startup parameters (-pf files) and session configuration for any 'prefix-encryption' or 'encoding' settings that specify OECH1.Affected if Database or session parameters specify OECH1 as the prefix encoding.
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Audit deployed applications for OECH1-obfuscated dataExamine stored passwords, connection strings, or other sensitive fields in the database that may have been obfuscated using OECH1. Check table definitions and data in tables storing credentials or configuration values.Affected if Database contains values that were obfuscated using OECH1 encoding.
A system is affected if OpenEdge is installed and any configuration, application code, or stored data references or uses OECH1 encoding.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImmediately identify and migrate all OECH1-encoded data to supported symmetric encryption-based prefix encodings (such as OECH2 or OECH3) and update any code that generates or reads these encodings.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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