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CVE-2024-58261

sequoia-openpgp: Sequoia OpenPGP: RawCertParser Infinite Loop Vulnerability

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 27, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in sequoia-openpgp. Processing RawCertParser operations with unsupported primary key types triggers an infinite loop of error messages. This flaw allows a local attacker to provide a specially crafted certificate file, resulting in a denial of service due to resource exhaustion.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 2.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')