CVE-2025-43973Network attack vector

Process crash via truncated RTR message

Published Apr 21, 2025 · Updated Apr 21, 2025

Off-by-one error in GoBGP before 3.35.0 allows remote attackers to crash the process by sending a truncated RTR message. In pkg/packet/rtr/rtr.go, ParseRTR accepts an undersized byte slice and indexes its second byte without first establishing that the byte exists. Reachability requires an enabled RPKI cache connection, and malformed RTR input can panic the parser and interrupt routing service.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability0.54%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Off-by-one error in GoBGP before 3.35.0 allows remote attackers to crash the process by sending a truncated RTR message. In pkg/packet/rtr/rtr.go, ParseRTR accepts an undersized byte slice and indexes its second byte without first establishing that the byte exists. Reachability requires an enabled RPKI cache connection, and malformed RTR input can panic the parser and interrupt routing service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-43973
Published
Apr 21, 2025
Updated
Apr 21, 2025
Vendor
GoBGP
Product
GoBGP
Classifications
CWE-193, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <3.35.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

GoBGP · GoBGPversion=0 <3.35.0

Published CVSS scores

6.8MITRECVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-193Off-by-one Error
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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Technologies

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