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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2026-24883

In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).

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7 Nov 2026, 13:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-24883

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Jan 2026, 18:43 UTC

In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).

osv:CVE-2026-24883
Complete source record
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  "id": "178643ec919b8308e0a041141ebea4465f1332a2d673d846e53bfbd739ae700d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24883",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2026-24883",
    "summary": "In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a long signature packet length causes parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value, leading to a denial of service (application crash).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-24883",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gpg4win:gpg4win:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.0.0"
                      },
                      {
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                      }
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                ]
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            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-24883.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:50.604424590Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://dev.gnupg.org/T8049",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/27/8",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/24xxx/CVE-2026-24883.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24883"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        ],
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
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              {
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                    "introduced": "2.5.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "2.5.17"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-24883",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 519397,
  "published_at": "2026-01-27T18:43:18.883+00:00"
}