CVE-2025-68973

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-12-28 16:19Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-04-30 03:55Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-675Multiple Operations on Resource in Single-Operation ContextClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1b0b9543273a776f6bfab209a5bdf2aeb309c19edc69737d842d72e8576aa544

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• github.comhttps://github.com/gpg/gnupg/commit/115d138ba599328005c5321c0ef9f00355838ca9
• github.comhttps://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/ff30683418695f5d2cc9e6cf8c9418e09378ebe4/g10/armor.c#L1305-L1306
• github.comhttps://github.com/gpg/gnupg/compare/gnupg-2.2.50...gnupg-2.2.51
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• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00008.html