CVE-2026-24883

GnuPG: GnuPG: Denial of service due to specially crafted signature packet

Published Jan 27, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.7 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gpg4win
Gpg4win gpg4win
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gpg4win:gpg4win:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gpg4win
Gpg4win gpg4win
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnupg
Gnupg gnupg
Vendors & Products Gnupg
Gnupg gnupg
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title GnuPG: GnuPG: Denial of service due to specially crafted signature packet
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jan 28, 2026, 3:52 PM
Reserved
Jan 27, 2026, 6:43 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 27, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:23 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 27, 2026, 6:43 PM