Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-68973 as tracked by Debian 11 (Root.io), for the package gnupg2. The fix is available in version 2.2.27-2+deb11u2.root.io.2; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
- Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
- Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
- Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: None.
Weakness class
ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-68973 is classified as CWE-675: Multiple Operations on Resource in Single-Operation Context. The product performs the same operation on a resource two or more times, when the operation should only be applied once.
Affected software
ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-68973 is recorded against 2 packages.
- gnupg2 (fixed in 2.2.27-2+deb11u2.root.io.2)
- rootio-gnupg2 (fixed in 2.2.27-2+deb11u2.root.io.2)
Timeline and source
Published on 20 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
Other advisories for this package
gnupg2 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-675: Multiple Operations on Resource in Single-Operation Context) in other software:
