# CVE-2022-34903: GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key information from a victim's keyring and other constrai

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-01 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GnuPG through 2.3.6, in unusual situations where an attacker possesses any secret-key information from a victim's keyring and other constraints (e.g., use of GPGME) are met, allows signature forgery via injection into the status line.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/30/1
- https://bugs.debian.org/1014157
- https://dev.gnupg.org/T6027
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/02/1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5174
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NPTAR76EIZY7NQFENSOZO7U473257OVZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VN63GBTMRWO36Y7BKA2WQHROAKCXKCBL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRLWJQ76A4UKHI3Q36BKSJKS4LFLQO33/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VU64FUVG2PRZBSHFOQRSP7KDVEIZ23OS/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220826-0005/

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