CVE-2025-66034

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6% (48th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory CVSS 6.3 is lower than this score; a lower GitHub score revises it only when its advisory is newer than the CVE record's last change, and this advisory (published 2025-12-01) is not newer than that change (2026-10-18), so it does not.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2025-199882 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-768j-98cg-p3fv (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.6%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. In versions from 4.33.0 to before 4.60.2, the fonttools varLib (or python3 -m fontTools.varLib) script has an arbitrary file write vulnerability that leads to remote code execution when a malicious .designspace file is processed. The vulnerability affects the main() code path of fontTools.varLib, used by the fonttools varLib CLI and any code that invokes fontTools.varLib.main(). This issue has been patched in version 4.60.2.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
60
EG Risk 60/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.6%
EPSS %ILE
48th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
0.6% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

November 29, 2025

Last Modified

October 18, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Oct 28, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit.
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)🟡 PoC Available

Arbitrary File Write and XML injection in fontTools.varLib · Advisory · fonttools/fonttools · GitHub

https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/security/advisories/GHSA-768j-98cg-p3fv
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit a696d5ba9327 (fonttools/fonttools)

Patch available: fonttools/fonttools 4.61.0 (contains commit a696d5ba9327)

https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/commit/a696d5ba93270d5954f98e7cab5ddca8a02c1e32

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-66034(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3-fonttools (4.29.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ jammy2026-11-02ubuntu
redhatrhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-trustyai-cpu-py312-rhel9:17718741812026-03-04redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-openvino-model-server-rhel9:17706214502026-02-12redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-trustyai-cpu-py312-rhel9:17700554252026-02-05redhat
pipfonttools @ 4.60.2 (fixes >= 4.33.0, < 4.60.2)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
fonttools4.19.1-1 ... 4.62.1-7 (45 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
fonttools4.38.0-1
  • every version up to 4.38.0-1+deb12u1: fixed in 4.38.0-1+deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
fonttools4.57.0-1
  • every version up to 4.57.0-1+deb13u1: fixed in 4.57.0-1+deb13u1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
fonttools4.57.0-1, 4.57.0-2, 4.57.0-3
  • every version up to 4.61.1-1: fixed in 4.61.1-1
—
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
fonttools4.33.0 ... 4.60.1 (71 versions)
  • 4.33.0 up to 4.60.2: fixed in 4.60.2
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 81× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 98 of 245 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 2 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 147 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 16:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  2. 2026-11-02 05:29 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-11-02 05:29 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-02 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-768j-98cg-p3fv · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.3
  5. 2026-11-01 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  6. 2026-11-01 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-768j-98cg-p3fv · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 6.3
  7. 2026-11-01 08:02 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-11-01 06:26 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-11-01 06:26 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-31 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  11. 2026-10-31 07:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-31 07:24 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-30 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  14. 2026-10-30 08:21 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-30 08:21 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-29 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  17. 2026-10-29 09:19 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-29 09:19 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-28 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  20. 2026-10-28 10:17 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-28 10:17 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-27 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  23. 2026-10-27 10:18 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-27 10:18 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-26 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-26 11:16 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-26 11:16 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-25 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  4. 2026-10-25 16:09 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-25 12:14 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-25 12:14 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-24 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  8. 2026-10-24 13:07 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-24 13:07 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-23 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  11. 2026-10-23 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-23 14:00 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-22 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  14. 2026-10-22 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-22 14:54 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-21 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 45th percentile
  17. 2026-10-21 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-20 16:42 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-20 16:42 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-20 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  21. 2026-10-19 17:38 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-19 17:38 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-19 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  24. 2026-10-18 18:27 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-18 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-18 17:24 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-18 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  28. 2026-10-18 05:19 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-17 18:22 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-10-17 18:22 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-17 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  32. 2026-10-16 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-10-16 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-16 16:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  35. 2026-10-15 16:53 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-10-15 16:53 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-15 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  38. 2026-10-14 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  39. 2026-10-14 10:49 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-10-14 10:49 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-13 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  42. 2026-10-13 09:24 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-12 16:49 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-10-12 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  45. 2026-10-12 10:18 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-11 20:23 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-10-11 18:35 UTCEG score recompute
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  49. 2026-10-11 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
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  59. 2026-10-01 08:10 UTCOSV refresh
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Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (4 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • GitHub PoCv3cn4x00/POC-CVE-2025-66034
    Published Mar 21, 2026
    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCLiquid1998/Variatype.htb-CVE-2025-66034
    Published Mar 16, 2026
    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCLiquid-Sec/Variatype.htb-CVE-2025-66034
    Published Mar 16, 2026
    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCsymphony2colour/varlib-cve-2025-66034
    Published Mar 15, 2026

    Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-66034 in the fontTools variable font generation pipeline. A crafted .designspace file allows control of the output path, enabling arbitrary file writes. The script automates payload creation, font generation, and upload to demonstrate the issue.

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-66034?
CVE-2025-66034 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on November 29, 2025. fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. In versions from 4.33.0 to before 4.60.2, the fonttools varLib (or python3 -m fontTools.varLib) script has an arbitrary file write vulnerability that leads to remote code execution when a malicious .designspace file is processed. The…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2025-66034 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2025-66034 was published on November 29, 2025. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 18, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2025-66034 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-66034 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (48th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-66034?
CVE-2025-66034 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-66034?
A fix for CVE-2025-66034 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2025-66034 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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