High

Jervis has Deterministic AES IV Derivation from Passphrase

  • Disclosed: 13.01.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

Vulnerability

https://github.com/samrocketman/jervis/blob/157d2b63ffa5c4bb1d8ee2254950fd2231de2b05/src/main/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/SecurityIO.groovy#L866-L874

https://github.com/samrocketman/jervis/blob/157d2b63ffa5c4bb1d8ee2254950fd2231de2b05/src/main/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/SecurityIO.groovy#L891-L900

Same passphrase + same plaintext = same ciphertext (IV reuse)

Impact

Severity is considered low for internal uses of this library but if there's any consumer using these methods directly then this is considered high.

Significant reduction in the security of the encryption scheme. Pattern analysis becomes possible.

Patches

Random IV will be generated and prepended to the ciphertext.

Upgrade to Jervis 2.2.

Workarounds

None

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) net.gleske:jervis < 2.2 2.2

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-327
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
net.gleske:jervis
Disclosed
13.01.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-crxp-chh4-9ghp - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: net.gleske:jervis

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
7
First → latest
01.2026 01.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 6
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 7
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-68931 < 2.2 2.2
  2. Medium · 5.3 CVE-2025-68925 < 2.2 2.2
  3. High · 5.9 CVE-2025-68704 < 2.2 2.2
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-68703 < 2.2 2.2
  5. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-68702 < 2.2 2.2
  6. Jervis has Deterministic AES IV Derivation from Passphrase this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-68701 < 2.2 2.2
  7. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-68698 < 2.2 2.2

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