Ruijie EG306MG strongSwan strongswan.conf missing encryption
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-311.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8763
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-phq7-qxw6-95rh
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-8763 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8763 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-phq7-qxw6-95rh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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