{
  "schema_version": "1.6.0",
  "id": "STRONGSWAN-CVE-2025-62291",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-62291"
  ],
  "modified": "2026-09-25T10:51:01Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "SEMVER",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.2.12"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.0.3"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "GIT",
          "repo": "https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan.git",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "f98cdf7a476530dc7d62046b2d3851071d7e28c8"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "c687ada6a6f68913651e355fd09f906893096b32"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "package": "strongswan"
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://strongswan.org/security/CVE-2025-62291.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2025-62291"
    }
  ],
  "published": "2025-10-27T13:00:00Z",
  "summary": "A vulnerability in the eap-mschapv2 plugin related to processing Failure Request packets on the client was discovered that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially remote code execution.",
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Xu Biang",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ]
}