Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2025 · Assigned by certcc

CVE-2024-7595GRE and GRE6 Protocols (RFC2784) do not validate or verify the source of a network packet

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in RFC2784 - Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) from IETF. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

GRE and GRE6 Protocols (RFC2784) do not validate or verify the source of a network packet allowing an attacker to spoof and route arbitrary traffic via an exposed network interface that can lead to spoofing, access control bypass, and other unexpected network behaviors. This can be considered similar to CVE-2020-10136.

Affected products (as reported)

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