CVE-2025-53633

Chall-Manager's scenario decoding process does not check for zip bombs

Published Jul 10, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. When decoding a scenario (i.e. a zip archive), the size of the decoded content is not checked, potentially leading to zip bombs decompression. Exploitation does not require authentication nor authorization, so anyone can exploit it. It should nonetheless not be exploitable as it is highly recommended to bury Chall-Manager deep within the infrastructure due to its large capabilities, so no users could reach the system. Patch has been implemented by commit 14042aa and shipped in v0.1.4.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-21056 Chall-Manager's scenario decoding process does not check for zip bombs
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r7fm-3pqm-ww5w Chall-Manager's scenario decoding process does not check for zip bombs
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ctfer-io
Ctfer-io chall-manager
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ctfer-io:chall-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ctfer-io
Ctfer-io chall-manager
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00075}

epss

{'score': 0.00089}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00075}

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. When decoding a scenario (i.e. a zip archive), the size of the decoded content is not checked, potentially leading to zip bombs decompression. Exploitation does not require authentication nor authorization, so anyone can exploit it. It should nonetheless not be exploitable as it is highly recommended to bury Chall-Manager deep within the infrastructure due to its large capabilities, so no users could reach the system. Patch has been implemented by commit 14042aa and shipped in v0.1.4.
Title Chall-Manager's scenario decoding process does not check for zip bombs
Weaknesses CWE-405
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 10, 2025, 8:02 PM
Reserved
Jul 7, 2025, 2:20 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 10, 2025, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:38 AM