CVE-2026-72754 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

When Routinator encounters a CRL with many entries, it may hang or run out of memory. If Routinator encounters a CRL file with the wrong encoding, it may exit.

Published: 2026-10-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: n/a

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

NLnet Labs

Routinator

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.15.3`	unaffected	< *

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in 0.15.3 and all later versions.

Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/routinator/CVE-2026-72754.txt

History

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		When Routinator encounters a CRL with many entries, it may hang or run out of memory. If Routinator encounters a CRL file with the wrong encoding, it may exit.
Title		Routinator exits when parsing an incorrect or very large CRL file
Weaknesses		CWE-755
References		https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/routinator/CVE-2026-72754.txt
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Published: 2026-10-26T17:06:35.819Z

Updated: 2026-10-26T17:57:34.011Z

Reserved: 2026-08-10T14:08:41.336Z

Link: CVE-2026-72754

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-26T17:50:08.026Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-26T18:18:41.413

Modified: 2026-10-26T18:35:08.450

Link: CVE-2026-72754

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-755

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