CVE-2025-67897
Sequoia: Sequoia: Application crash via crafted encrypted message
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 14, 2025
Updated · August 23, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in Sequoia. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash an application via sending a victim an encrypted message with a crafted Public Key Encrypted Session Key (PKESK) or Symmetric Key Encrypted Session Key (SKESK) packet, which causes aes_key_unwrap to panic when processing a short ciphertext.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated Moderate for Red Hat. A remote attacker could crash an application using Sequoia by sending a specially crafted encrypted message. Successful exploitation requires high attack complexity and user interaction, as the victim must process the malicious message.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
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 · 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-195 · Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error