# CVE-2025-27508: Emissary May Use a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-27508-emissary-may-use-a-broken-or-risky-cryptographic-algorithm  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-05  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-27508 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-03-05

Emissary May Use a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Technologies: [gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/gov-nsa-emissary-emissary). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-27508 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-27508 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-27508?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 March 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=8.24.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-27508?** Yes. gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven): upgrade to 8.24.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-27508?** Check whether you run gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven): upgrade to 8.24.0 or later

  ```sh
  # set gov.nsa.emissary:emissary to 8.24.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=8.24.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-27508
- GHSA-hw43-fcmm-3m5g

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