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🛡️ CVE-2025-68972 on Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io) — gnupg2

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2025-68972 in gnupg2 - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2025-68972 in the gnupg2 package for Root:Ubuntu:22.04. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-68972 as tracked by Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io), for the package gnupg2. The fix is available in version 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.5.aikido.3; 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 none, 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:N/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: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-68972 is classified as CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. A signature is not checked correctly, so forged or modified content is accepted as genuine.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-68972 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • gnupg2 (fixed in 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.5.aikido.3)
  • rootio-gnupg2 (fixed in 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.5.aikido.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 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-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gnupg2 — 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.5.aikido.3
rootio-gnupg2 — 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.5.aikido.3

References

N/A

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