CVE-2025-8763 Ruijie EG306MG strongSwan strongswan.conf missing encryption
Remote attackers can decrypt sensitive data if the aggressive mode PSK option is enabled in strongSwan configuration on Ruijie EG306MG devices.
- 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-2025-8763?
CVE-2025-8763 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruijie EG306MG, published on 9 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Ruijie EG306MG 3.0(1)B11P309. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /etc/strongswan.conf of the component strongSwan. The manipulation of the argument i_dont_care_about_security_and_use_aggressive_mode_psk leads to missing encryption of sensitive data. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8763?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8763?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8763 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-8763 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8763 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-phq7-qxw6-95rh.