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https://community.progress.com/s/article/Unintended-Use-of-OECH1-for-Password-Secrets-Protection CVE-2025-8095
CRITICAL
Recoverable obfuscation using the OECH1 prefix encoding in OpenEdge
Record summary
CVE-2025-8095 has a selected CVSS score of 9.1 (critical).
Description
The 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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
CISA SSVC decision
ExploitationNone
AutomatableYes
Technical impactTotal
CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Apr 14, 2026 · Source: CVE List
Affected products and versions
1| Product | Source | Version range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Default status: affected | CVE List | 12.2.0 to ≤ 12.2.18 | affected |
| 12.8.0 to ≤ 12.8.9 | affected |
References
2nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8095