CVE-2026-25075

strongSwan 4.5.0 < 6.0.5 EAP-TTLS AVP Parsing Integer Underflow

Published Mar 23, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
strongSwan versions 4.5.0 prior to 6.0.5 contain an integer underflow vulnerability in the EAP-TTLS AVP parser that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending crafted AVP data with invalid length fields during IKEv2 authentication. Attackers can exploit the failure to validate AVP length fields before subtraction to trigger excessive memory allocation or NULL pointer dereference, crashing the charon IKE daemon.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4512-1 strongswan security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6176-1 strongswan security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8117-1 strongSwan vulnerability
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
Vendors & Products Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
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Title strongSwan EAP-TTLS AVP Parsing Integer Underflow strongSwan 4.5.0 < 6.0.5 EAP-TTLS AVP Parsing Integer Underflow
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Description strongSwan versions 4.5.0 prior to 6.0.5 contain an integer underflow vulnerability in the EAP-TTLS AVP parser that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending crafted AVP data with invalid length fields during IKEv2 authentication. Attackers can exploit the failure to validate AVP length fields before subtraction to trigger excessive memory allocation or NULL pointer dereference, crashing the charon IKE daemon.
Title strongSwan EAP-TTLS AVP Parsing Integer Underflow
Weaknesses CWE-191
CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 3:53 PM
Reserved
Jan 28, 2026, 9:47 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Mar 23, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Jul 14, 2026, 4:16 PM