CVE-2026-24883
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 27, 2026 at 06:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGnuPGGPG4WIN
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/27/8SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476
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