# CVE-2022-40617: strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and i

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-10-31 · Updated: 2025-05-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and intermediate CA) certificate that contains a CRL/OCSP URL that points to a server (under the attacker's control) that doesn't properly respond but (for example) just does nothing after the initial TCP handshake, or sends an excessive amount of application data.

## 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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## References

- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2022-40617%29.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/

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