CVE-2025-0638 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-0638

Routinator crashes when illegal characters are present in manifest file names

Vulnerability Description

The initial code parsing the manifest did not check the content of the file names yet later code assumed that it was checked and panicked when encountering illegal characters, resulting in a crash of Routinator.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel; Goethe University Frankfurt/ATHENE Center

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Routinator
Vulnerable Versions:
0.14.1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 22nd, 2025
Last Modified: February 12th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1286

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.