Vulnerability in Nicmx Fort Validator

CVE-2024-56169

A validation integrity issue was discovered in Fort through 1.6.4 before 2.0.0. RPKI Relying Parties (such as Fort) are supposed to maintain a backup cache of the remote RPKI data. This can be employed as a fallback in case a new fetch fails or yields incorrect files. However, the product currently uses its cache merely as a bandwidth saving tool (because fetching is performed through deltas). If a fetch fails midway or yields incorrect files, there is no viable fallback. This leads to incomplete route origin validation data.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56169?
CVE-2024-56169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nicmx Fort Validator, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-56169?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.