CVE-2026-53499 (GCVE-0-2026-53499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-21 22:29 – Updated: 2026-08-21 22:29
VLAI
Title
FORT-validator Vulnerable to RRDP Shared Snapshot Cache Poisoning
Summary
FORT Validator is a Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) relying-party validator that produces validated route-origin data. FORT Validator versions through 1.6.7 contain an origin-validation error in their RRDP processing: a delegated CA under the same Trust Anchor Locator (TAL) can reference a victim CA’s public RRDP notification and snapshot URLs, causing FORT’s URL-based download cache to report success after deleting the victim’s local snapshot. Following a routine victim publication, this can silently remove the victim’s VRPs and other signed objects from FORT’s output, potentially enabling route hijacking or loss of reachability. Version 1.6.8 contains a patch that rejects cross-origin RRDP snapshot and delta URLs; as a workaround, administrators can disable HTTP/RRDP with  --http.enabled=false  while keeping rsync enabled, although this can leave data unavailable or stale where rsync is not supported.
CWE
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NICMx FORT-validator Affected: < 1.6.8
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