Description
GnuPG 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 does not enforce a configuration in which key certification requires an offline master Certify key, which results in apparently valid certifications that occurred only with access to a signing subkey.
Published: 2018-04-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-20828 GnuPG 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 does not enforce a configuration in which key certification requires an offline master Certify key, which results in apparently valid certifications that occurred only with access to a signing subkey.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3675-1 GnuPG vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00114}

epss

{'score': 0.00166}


Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Gnupg Gnupg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:17:52.005Z

Reserved: 2018-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-9234

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-04T00:29:00.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:15:10.713

Link: CVE-2018-9234

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-03-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-9234 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses