Description
An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. A malicious RPKI repository that descends from a (trusted) Trust Anchor can serve (via rsync or RRDP) an ROA or a Manifest containing a signedAttrs encoded in non-canonical form. This bypasses Fort's BER decoder, reaching a point in the code that panics when faced with data not encoded in DER. Because Fort is an RPKI Relying Party, a panic can lead to Route Origin Validation unavailability, which can lead to compromised routing.
Published: 2024-08-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4066-1 fort-validator security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7813-1 FORT Validator vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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References

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-295

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Nicmx
Nicmx fort-validator
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nicmx:fort-validator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nicmx
Nicmx fort-validator
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:45:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. A malicious RPKI repository that descends from a (trusted) Trust Anchor can serve (via rsync or RRDP) an ROA or a Manifest containing a signedAttrs encoded in non-canonical form. This bypasses Fort's BER decoder, reaching a point in the code that panics when faced with data not encoded in DER. Because Fort is an RPKI Relying Party, a panic can lead to Route Origin Validation unavailability, which can lead to compromised routing.
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Nicmx Fort-validator
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:39:02.238Z

Reserved: 2024-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-45234

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:39:02.238Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-08-24T23:15:04.037

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:16:19.990

Link: CVE-2024-45234

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses