CVE-2026-24881

In GnuPG before 2.5.17, a crafted CMS (S/MIME) EnvelopedData message carrying an oversized wrapped session key can cause a stack-based buffer overflow in gpg-agent during PKDECRYPT--kem=CMS handling. This can easily be leveraged for denial of service; however, there is also memory corruption that could lead to remote code execution.
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History

27 Jan 2026, 19:16

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Information

Published : 2026-01-27 19:16

Updated : 2026-01-29 16:31


NVD link : CVE-2026-24881

Mitre link : CVE-2026-24881

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-24881


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CWE
CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow