CVE-2025-30258 (GCVE-0-2025-30258)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-19 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-19 20:49
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GnuPG GnuPG Affected: 0 , < 2.5.5 (semver)
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