CVE-2025-0638 Routinator crashes when illegal characters are present in manifest file names
An attacker can crash the Routinator RPKI validator by providing manifest files with illegal characters, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0638?
CVE-2025-0638 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in NLnet Labs Routinator, published on 22 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The initial code parsing the manifest did not check the content of the file names yet later code assumed that it was checked and panicked when encountering illegal characters, resulting in a crash of Routinator.
Weakness: CWE-1286
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0638?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0638?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-0638 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0638 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-597x-9gj9-7q4x.