CVE-2025-43970

An issue was discovered in GoBGP before 3.35.0. pkg/packet/mrt/mrt.go does not properly check the input length, e.g., by ensuring that there are 12 bytes or 36 bytes (depending on the address family).

Published: 2025-04-21 Last update: 2025-05-08 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-43970 is rated Low Risk (18/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-43970

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-30 0.09% 0.01% -0.08%
2 2026-02-15 0.02% 0.09% +0.07%
3 2025-11-21 0.02%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-43970

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
2.5 1.4 [email protected]
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-43970

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-43970

GHSA-hqhq-hp5x-xp3w · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — GoBGP does not properly check the input length

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-43970

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-43970 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gobgp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43970
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-43970 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gobgp), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): released 5, not-affected 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-43970

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-43970

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
osrg gobgp < 3.35.0 cpe:2.3:a:osrg:gobgp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-43970

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