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Fort Validator CVE-2024-56170

MEDIUM
Origin Validation Error (CWE-346)
2024-12-18 cve@mitre.org
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Origin validation
Impact

CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). 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 medium-severity affected system.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

A validation integrity issue was discovered in Fort through 1.6.4 before 2.0.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), 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-346. A validation integrity issue was discovered in Fort through 1.6.4 before 2.0.0. RPKI manifests are listings of relevant files that clients are supposed to verify. Assuming everything else is correct, the most recent version of a manifest should be prioritized over other versions, to prevent replays, accidental or otherwise. Manifests contain the manifestNumber and thisUpdate fields, which can be used to gauge the relevance of a given manifest, when compared to other manifests. The former is a serial-like sequential number, and the latter is the date on which the manifest was created. However, the product does not compare the up-to-dateness of the most recently fetched manifest against the cached manifest. As such, it's prone to a rollback to a previous version if it's served a valid outdated manifest. This leads to outdated route origin validation. Affected products include: Nicmx Fort-Validator. Version information: through 1.6.4.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

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

DescriptionCVE.org

A validation integrity issue was discovered in Fort through 1.6.4 before 2.0.0. RPKI manifests are listings of relevant files that clients are supposed to verify. Assuming everything else is correct, the most recent version of a manifest should be prioritized over other versions, to prevent replays, accidental or otherwise. Manifests contain the manifestNumber and thisUpdate fields, which can be used to gauge the relevance of a given manifest, when compared to other manifests. The former is a serial-like sequential number, and the latter is the date on which the manifest was created. However, the product does not compare the up-to-dateness of the most recently fetched manifest against the cached manifest. As such, it's prone to a rollback to a previous version if it's served a valid outdated manifest. This leads to outdated route origin validation.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90% 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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:nicmx:fort-validator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2024-45237 CRITICAL
9.8 Aug 24

An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploit

CVE-2024-56375 HIGH
7.5 Dec 22

An integer underflow was discovered in Fort 1.6.3 and 1.6.4 before 1.6.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerabi

CVE-2024-45239 HIGH
7.5 Aug 24

An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable

CVE-2024-45238 HIGH
7.5 Aug 24

An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable

CVE-2024-45236 HIGH
7.5 Aug 24

An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable

CVE-2024-45235 HIGH
7.5 Aug 24

An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable

CVE-2024-45234 HIGH
7.5 Aug 24

An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable

CVE-2021-43114 HIGH
7.5 Nov 09

FORT Validator versions prior to 1.5.2 will crash if an RPKI CA publishes an X.509 EE certificate. Rated high severity (

CVE-2026-53499 HIGH
7.2 Aug 21

Cross-origin RRDP URL confusion in FORT Validator through 1.6.7 allows a delegated Certificate Authority sharing the sam

CVE-2024-56169 MEDIUM
5.3 Dec 18

A validation integrity issue was discovered in Fort through 1.6.4 before 2.0.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this v

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