High severity · published Jan 22, 2025
CVE-2025-0638
Routinator crashes when illegal characters are present in manifest file names
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The initial code parsing the manifest did not check the content of the file names yet later code assumed that it was checked and panicked when encountering illegal characters, resulting in a crash of Routinator.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RO
Routinator · NLnet Labs
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0638
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0638
www.nlnetlabs.nl
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/routinator/CVE-2025-0638.txt
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