VTun-ng is a Virtual Tunnel over TCP/IP network. In versions 3.0.17 and below, failure to initialize encryption modules might cause reversion to plaintext due to insufficient error handling. The bug was first introduced in VTun-ng version 3.0.12. This is fixed in version 3.0.18. To workaround this issue, avoid blowfish-256.
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Description VTun-ng is a Virtual Tunnel over TCP/IP network. In versions 3.0.17 and below, failure to initialize encryption modules might cause reversion to plaintext due to insufficient error handling. The bug was first introduced in VTun-ng version 3.0.12. This is fixed in version 3.0.18. To workaround this issue, avoid blowfish-256.
Title VTun-ng's failure to initialize encryption modules may cause reversion to plaintext
Weaknesses CWE-636
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-08-05T00:02:38.457Z

Updated: 2025-08-05T14:56:26.901Z

Reserved: 2025-07-31T17:23:33.473Z

Link: CVE-2025-54870

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-05T14:56:23.782Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-05T01:15:42.860

Modified: 2025-08-05T14:34:17.327

Link: CVE-2025-54870

cve-icon Redhat

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