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Echo: gnupg2: security update to 2.4.8-5+e1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457701

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In GnuPG through 2.4.8, if a signed message has \f at the end of a plaintext line, an adversary can
 construct a modified message that places additional text after the signed material, such that signature
 verification of the modified message succeeds (although an "invalid armor" message is printed during
 verification). This is related to use of \f as a marker to denote truncation of a long plaintext line.
 (CVE-2025-68972)

Solution

Update the gnupg2 library and its related packages to version 2.4.8-5+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-68972

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457701

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68972

IAVA: 2026-A-0085