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TI-2025-12314 Aliases CVE-2025-13470GHSA-r3r8-w3g2-hq7h

RNP 0.18.0 Vulnerable PKESK session keys

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-330Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In RNP version 0.18.0 a refactoring regression causes the symmetric session key used for Public-Key Encrypted Session Key (PKESK) packets to be left uninitialized except for zeroing, resulting in it always being an all-zero byte array. Any data encrypted using public-key encryption in this release can be decrypted trivially by supplying an all-zero session key, fully compromising confidentiality. The vulnerability affects only public key encryption (PKESK packets).  Passphrase-based encryption (SKESK packets) is not affected. Root cause: Vulnerable session key buffer used in PKESK packet generation. The defect was introduced in commit `7bd9a8dc356aae756b40755be76d36205b6b161a` where initialization logic inside `encrypted_build_skesk()` only randomized the key for the SKESK path and omitted it for the PKESK path.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00325 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
RiboseRNP0.18.0—No fix listedCNA
  • RNP VendorRibose Affected 0.18.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13470
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r3r8-w3g2-hq7h
  3. 2026-10-23 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

  • TI-2023-13854 Ribose RNP before 0.16.3 sometimes lets secret keys remain unlocked after use. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-12972 Ribose RNP before 0.15.1 does not implement a required step in a cryptographic algorithm… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-13853 Ribose RNP before 0.16.3 may hang when the input is malformed. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

Sources