CVE-2025-11573

Description

### Summary Amazon.IonDotnet is a library for the Dotnet language that is used to read and write Amazon Ion data. An issue exists where, under certain circumstances, the library could an infinite loop, resulting in denial of service. As of August 20, 2025, this library has been deprecated and will not receive further updates. ### Impact An infinite loop issue in Amazon.IonDotnet library versions <v1.3.2 may allow a threat actor to cause a denial of service through a specially crafted text input. This invalid input triggered an error condition in the parser that was handled improperly, resulting in an infinite loop. ### Impacted versions: <1.3.2 ### Patches This issue has been addressed in Amazon.IonDotnet version [1.3.2](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Amazon.IonDotnet/1.3.2). We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes. ### Workarounds Only accept data from trusted sources, written using a supported Ion library. ### References If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, we ask that you contact AWS Security via our [vulnerability reporting page](https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting) or directly via email to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

How to fix CVE-2025-11573

To remediate CVE-2025-11573, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 1.3.2 or later

Is CVE-2025-11573 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.3.2

CVSS scores

References (7)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11573
• PATCHgithub.com/amazon-ion/ion-dotnet
• WEBaws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-022
• WEBgithub.com/amazon-ion/ion-dotnet/commit/edaff75fe5abbb71e647bed812c608c0c5e2fbab