CVE-2025-68972

5.9 MEDIUM
Published: December 27, 2025 Modified: January 09, 2026
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Description

In GnuPG through 2.4.8, if a signed message has \f at the end of a plaintext line, an adversary can construct a modified message that places additional text after the signed material, such that signature verification of the modified message succeeds (although an "invalid armor" message is printed during verification). This is related to use of \f as a marker to denote truncation of a long plaintext line.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gpg.fail/formfeed
Source: cve@mitre.org
Product
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46404339
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://gpg.fail/formfeed
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Product

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.9 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
0th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

gnupg