How severe is CVE-2024-2357?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-2357 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in The Libreswan Project (Www.libreswan.org)

CVE-2024-2357

The Libreswan Project was notified of an issue causing libreswan to restart under some IKEv2 retransmit scenarios when a connection is configured to use PreSharedKeys (authby=secret) and the connection cannot find a matching configured sec…

EPSS: 0.009 (56.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

The Libreswan Project (Www.libreswan.org) — versions 3.0, 4.2, 5.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2357?: CVE-2024-2357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in The Libreswan Project (Www.libreswan.org). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-2357?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2357 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.