CVE-2021-41990HighCVSS 7.5
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. For example this can be triggered by an unrelated self-signed CA certificate sent by an initiator. Remote code execution cannot occur.
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.
🎯 Affected products2
- cbl2 strongswan 5.9.5-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cm1 strongswan 5.7.2-4 on CBL Mariner 1.0
✅ Remediation
KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 5.7.2-4 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 5.9.5-1