strongSwan versions 4.5.0 prior to 6.0.5 contain an integer underflow vulnerability in the EAP-TTLS AVP parser that
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High · fixed in 6.0.5 : patch affected systems soon.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 01:26 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 6.0.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 23 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
A fix is available in strongSwan version 6.0.5. Users should upgrade to version 6.0.5 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
Description
strongSwan versions from 4.5.0 up to but not including 6.0.5 contain an integer underflow vulnerability in the EAP-TTLS AVP parser. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted AVP data with invalid length fields during IKEv2 authentication. The vulnerability arises from failure to validate AVP length fields before subtraction, leading to excessive memory allocation or NULL pointer dereference that crashes the charon IKE daemon.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25075 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/03/msg00016.html (opens in a new tab)
- strongswan.org/blog/2026/03/23/strongswan-6.0.5-released.html (opens in a new tab)
- strongswan.org/blog/2026/03/23/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-25075).html (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com/advisories/strongswan-eap-ttls-avp-parsing-integer-underflow (opens in a new tab)
- y637f9qq2x.com/posts/cve-2026-25075 (opens in a new tab)