CVE Alert: CVE-2025-30258

Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-30258
In GnuPG before 2.5.5, if a user chooses to import a certificate with certain crafted subkey data that lacks a valid backsig or that has incorrect usage flags, the user loses the ability to verify signatures made from certain other signing keys, aka a “verification DoS.”
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
3/19/2025, 8:15:20 PM
❄️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://dev.gnupg.org/T7527
- https://dev.gnupg.org/rG48978ccb4e20866472ef18436a32744350a65158
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2025q1/000491.html
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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