CVE-2025-62291
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the eap-mschapv2 plugin (client-side) in strongSwan before 6.0.3, a malicious EAP-MSCHAPv2 server can send a crafted message of size 6 through 8, and cause an integer underflow that potentially results in a heap-based buffer overflow.
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affected products (26)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-2427strongSwan (eap-mschapv2 plugin): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung und DoSDeutsch2025-10-27csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in strongSwan ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder möglicherweise beliebigen Code auszuführen.
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references (11)
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- https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/commits/master/src/libcharon/plugins/eap_mschapv2cnnvd
- https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releasescnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/11/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2025/10/27/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2025-62291%29.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/commits/master/src/libcharon/plugins/eap_mschapv2enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releasesenisa_euvd
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2025/10/27/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2025-62291%29.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/commits/master/src/libcharon/plugins/eap_mschapv2nvd
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