# CVE-2018-1000858: GnuPG version 2.1.12 - 2.2.11 contains a Cross ite Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in dirmngr that can result in Attacker controlled CS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-12-20 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GnuPG version 2.1.12 - 2.2.11 contains a Cross ite Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in dirmngr that can result in Attacker controlled CSRF, Information Disclosure, DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim must perform a WKD request, e.g. enter an email address in the composer window of Thunderbird/Enigmail. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 4a4bb874f63741026bd26264c43bb32b1099f060.

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## References

- https://sektioneins.de/en/blog/18-11-23-gnupg-wkd.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3853-1/
- https://sektioneins.de/en/advisories/advisory-012018-gnupg-wkd.html

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