Routinator Denial-of-Service Vulnerability Due to Unchecked File Name Characters in RPKI Manifests

Vulnerability

A denial-of-service vulnerability has been identified in Routinator versions prior to and including 0.14.0. The issue arises when non-ASCII characters in file names within an RPKI manifest are not properly validated. This oversight leads to a crash in Routinator, as later code segments assume the file names have been correctly checked and panic upon encountering illegal characters.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability causes Routinator to crash, disrupting its operation.

Remediation

Users are advised to upgrade to Routinator version 0.14.1 or newer.

Added: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM
Updated: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
1.4
impact
2.5
exploitability
7.0
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.0
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
5.8

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