CVE-2025-62291: In the eap-mschapv2 plugin (client-side) in strongSwan before 6.0.3, a malicious EAP-MSCHAPv2 server can send a crafted message of size 6 through 8, and cause an integer underflow that potentially results in a heap-based buffer overflow.

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 8.1)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Jan
Released
2026-01-18
Last Updated
2026-02-18
EPSS Score
0.01% (percentile: 2.7%)

Affected Products (4)

Other

  • 20818-17084
  • 18241-17086
  • 20896-17084
  • 20897-17086

Revision History

  • 2026-01-18: Information published.
  • 2026-01-19: Information published.
  • 2026-01-21: Information published.
  • 2026-02-18: Information published.