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Routinator CVE-2023-39915

HIGH
Improper Handling of Undefined Values (CWE-232)
2023-09-13 sep@nlnetlabs.nl
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
Impact

CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

NLnet Labs' Routinator up to and including version 0.12.1 may crash when trying to parse certain malformed RPKI objects. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-232. NLnet Labs' Routinator up to and including version 0.12.1 may crash when trying to parse certain malformed RPKI objects. This is due to insufficient input checking in the bcder library covered by CVE-2023-39914. Affected products include: Nlnetlabs Routinator. Version information: version 0.12.1.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

DescriptionNVD

NLnet Labs' Routinator up to and including version 0.12.1 may crash when trying to parse certain malformed RPKI objects. This is due to insufficient input checking in the bcder library covered by CVE-2023-39914.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60% exploitable
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:routinator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-17366 HIGH POC
7.4 Aug 05

An issue was discovered in NLnet Labs Routinator 0.1.0 through 0.7.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability

CVE-2026-49235 HIGH
8.7 Jun 08

Denial of service in NLnet Labs Routinator allows remote attackers to crash the RPKI validator by serving a crafted Docu

CVE-2026-49232 HIGH
8.7 Jun 08

Denial of service in NLnet Labs Routinator allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the daemon by opening a larg

CVE-2026-49233 HIGH
8.3 Jun 08

Path traversal in NLnet Labs Routinator allows remote attackers to escape the rsync cache directory by supplying rsync U

CVE-2026-49234 HIGH
8.2 Jun 08

Denial of service in NLnet Labs Routinator (an RPKI Relying Party software) allows remote attackers to crash the daemon

CVE-2024-1622 HIGH
7.5 Feb 26

Due to a mistake in error checking, Routinator will terminate when an incoming RTR connection is reset by the peer too q

CVE-2022-3029 HIGH
7.5 Sep 13

In NLnet Labs Routinator 0.9.0 up to and including 0.11.2, due to a mistake in error handling, data in RRDP snapshot and

CVE-2021-43174 HIGH
7.5 Nov 09

NLnet Labs Routinator versions 0.9.0 up to and including 0.10.1, support the gzip transfer encoding when querying RRDP r

CVE-2021-43173 HIGH
7.5 Nov 09

In NLnet Labs Routinator prior to 0.10.2, a validation run can be delayed significantly by an RRDP repository by not ans

CVE-2021-43172 HIGH
7.5 Nov 09

NLnet Labs Routinator prior to 0.10.2 happily processes a chain of RRDP repositories of infinite length causing it to ne

CVE-2021-41531 HIGH
7.5 Sep 21

NLnet Labs Routinator prior to 0.10.0 produces invalid RTR payload if an RPKI CA uses too large values in the max-length

CVE-2023-39916 MEDIUM
6.5 Sep 13

NLnet Labs’ Routinator 0.9.0 up to and including 0.12.1 as well as 0.14.0 up to and including 0.14.2 contains a possible

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