vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2025-68973: GnuPG: GnuPG: Information disclosure and potential arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Dec 28, 2025 | Jan 16, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Dec 28, 2025
Added
Jan 16, 2026
Modified
Jun 12, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in GnuPG. An attacker can provide crafted input to the `armor_filter` function, which incorrectly increments an index variable, leading to an out-of-bounds write. This memory corruption vulnerability may allow for information disclosure and could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.
Solutions
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References
Rapid7 Labs
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