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CVE-2025-23018VulnerabilityPublished Updated

IPv4-in-IPv6 and IPv6-in-IPv6 tunneling (RFC 2473) do not require the validation or verification of the source of a

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-23018· Medium 5.4

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (mitre)CVSS 3.15.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Jan 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Mitigation should focus on validating and verifying source addresses in tunneling implementations or restricting access to exposed network interfaces where possible.

Description

IPv4-in-IPv6 and IPv6-in-IPv6 tunneling as specified in RFC 2473 lack source validation or verification, enabling attackers to spoof and route arbitrary traffic through exposed network interfaces. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2020-10136 and can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts without affecting availability.

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