CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-30258
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 2.7 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-754
Description
In GnuPG before 2.5.5, if a user chooses to import a certificate with certain crafted subkey data that lacks a valid backsig or that has incorrect usage flags, the user loses the ability to verify signatures made from certain other signing keys, aka a "verification DoS."
Affected configurations
• gnupg gnupg (< 2.4.8)
• gnupg gnupg (>= 2.5.0 < 2.5.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness
References
- https://dev.gnupg.org/T7527 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://dev.gnupg.org/rG48978ccb4e20866472ef18436a32744350a65158 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2025q1/000491.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory