What is CVE-2024-7595?

CVE-2024-7595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ietf Generic Routing Encapsulation, classified under CWE-290 AUTHENTICATION BYPASS BY SPOOFING. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-7595?

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

Is CVE-2024-7595 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Ietf Generic Routing Encapsulation

CVE-2024-7595

GRE and GRE6 Protocols (RFC2784) do not validate or verify the source of a network packet allowing an attacker to spoof and route arbitrary traffic via an exposed network interface that can lead to spoofing, access control bypass, and other unexpected network behaviors. This can be considered similar to CVE-2020-10136.

EPSS: 0.016 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Ietf Generic_routing_encapsulation
Ietf Generic_routing_encapsulation6
Ietf Rfc2784 - Generic Routing Encapsulation (Gre) — versions STD 1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Related)
cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Related)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7595?: CVE-2024-7595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ietf Generic Routing Encapsulation, classified under CWE-290 AUTHENTICATION BYPASS BY SPOOFING. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-7595?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-7595 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.