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CVE-2023-30570

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon...

7.5 HighFix available

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.19%Up 1.1 points since May 29, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
CVE-2023-30570
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
CVE-2023-30570
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-34951 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
EUVD-2023-34951
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h3c-85v5-c6x6 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon...

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
GHSA-4h3c-85v5-c6x6
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2023-30570 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2023-30570
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVAZL-26873 7.5

CVE-2023-30570 affecting package libreswan for versions less than 4.14-1

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
AZL-26873
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-34934 7.5

CVE-2023-30570 affecting package libreswan for versions less than 4.15-1

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
AZL-34934
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
CVE-2023-30570
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-30570 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30570
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-06
OSVOESA-2023-1318 7.5

libreswan security update

Libreswan is an implementation of IKEv1 and IKEv2 for IPsec. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks. Everything passing through the untrusted net is encrypted by the ipsec gateway machine and decrypted by the gateway at the other end of the tunnel. The resulting tunnel is a virtual private network or VPN. This package contains the daemons and userland tools for setting up Libreswan. Libreswan also supports IKEv2 (RFC7296) and Secure Labeling Libreswan is based on Openswan-2.6.38 which in turn is based on FreeS/WAN-2.04

Security Fix(es):

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.(CVE-2023-30570)

Record
OESA-2023-1318
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHBA-2024:11505 7.5

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.28 packages and security update

Record
RHBA-2024:11505
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHBA-2024:11525 7.5

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.10 packages and security update

Record
RHBA-2024:11525
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHBA-2024:11565 7.5

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.42 packages update

Record
RHBA-2024:11565
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2023:2120 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Record
RHSA-2023:2120
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2023:2121 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Record
RHSA-2023:2121
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2023:2122 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Record
RHSA-2023:2122
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2023:2123 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Record
RHSA-2023:2123
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2023:2124 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Record
RHSA-2023:2124
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2023:2125 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Record
RHSA-2023:2125
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2023:2126 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Record
RHSA-2023:2126
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-30570 7.5

pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. The earliest affected version is 3.28.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30570
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2023:2122 No score

Important: libreswan security update

Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).

Security Fix(es):

  • libreswan: Malicious IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets can crash libreswan (CVE-2023-30570)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Record
ALSA-2023:2122
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2023:3107 No score

Important: libreswan security update

Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).

Security Fix(es):

  • libreswan: Regression of CVE-2023-30570 fixes in the AlmaLinux (CVE-2023-2295)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Record
ALSA-2023:3107
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2023:3148 No score

Important: libreswan security update

Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).

Security Fix(es):

  • libreswan: Regression of CVE-2023-30570 fixes in the AlmaLinux (CVE-2023-2295)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Record
ALSA-2023:3148
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2024-0085 No score

Updated libreswan packages fix security vulnerabilities

The updated package fixes security vulnerabilities: pluto in Libreswan before 4.11 allows a denial of service (responder SPI mishandling and daemon crash) via unauthenticated IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets. (CVE-2023-30570) An issue was discovered in Libreswan before 4.12. When an IKEv2 Child SA REKEY packet contains an invalid IPsec protocol ID number of 0 or 1, an error notify INVALID_SPI is sent back. The notify payload's protocol ID is copied from the incoming packet, but the code that verifies outgoing packets fails an assertion that the protocol ID must be ESP (2) or AH(3) and causes the pluto daemon to crash and restart. (CVE-2023-38710) An issue was discovered in Libreswan before 4.12. When an IKEv1 Quick Mode connection configured with ID_IPV4_ADDR or ID_IPV6_ADDR receives an IDcr payload with ID_FQDN, a NULL pointer dereference causes a crash and restart of the pluto daemon. (CVE-2023-38711) An issue was discovered in Libreswan 3.x and 4.x before 4.12. When an IKEv1 ISAKMP SA Informational Exchange packet contains a Delete/Notify payload followed by further Notifies that act on the ISAKMP SA, such as a duplicated Delete/Notify message, a NULL pointer dereference on the deleted state causes the pluto daemon to crash and restart. (CVE-2023-38712)

Record
MGASA-2024-0085
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libreswan
Alpine:v3.17
3.28 up to 4.9-r2
4.9-r2
libreswan
AlmaLinux:8
before 4.5-1.el8_7.1
4.5-1.el8_7.1
libreswan
AlmaLinux:8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.9-3.el8_8
4.9-3.el8_8
libreswan
AlmaLinux:9
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 4.9-4.el9_2
4.9-4.el9_2
libreswan
Azure Linux:2
before 4.14-1
4.14-1
libreswan
Azure Linux:3
before 4.15-1
4.15-1
libreswan
Debian:12
before 4.10-2+deb12u1, plus listed versions
4.10-2
4.10-2+deb12u1
libreswan
Debian:13
before 4.11-1
4.11-1
libreswan
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 4.12-1.mga9
4.12-1.mga9
libreswan
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
before 4.11-1.oe1
4.11-1.oe1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libreswan
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3
before 4.11-1.oe1
4.11-1.oe1
libreswan
openEuler:22.03-LTS
before 4.11-1.oe2203sp1
4.11-1.oe2203sp1
libreswan
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1
before 4.11-1.oe2203sp1
4.11-1.oe2203sp1
libreswan
Red Hat:openshift:4.16::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:openshift:4.16::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:openshift:4.16::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan
Red Hat:openshift:4.17::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:openshift:4.17::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:openshift:4.17::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan
Red Hat:openshift:4.15::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:openshift:4.15::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:openshift:4.15::el9
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
0:4.6-3.el9_0.3
libreswan
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:4.6-3.el9_1.1
0:4.6-3.el9_1.1
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:4.6-3.el9_1.1
0:4.6-3.el9_1.1
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:4.6-3.el9_1.1
0:4.6-3.el9_1.1
libreswan
Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.1
0:4.6-3.el9_0.1
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.1
0:4.6-3.el9_0.1
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream
before 0:4.6-3.el9_0.1
0:4.6-3.el9_0.1
libreswan
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:4.5-1.el8_7.1
0:4.5-1.el8_7.1
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:4.5-1.el8_7.1
0:4.5-1.el8_7.1
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:4.5-1.el8_7.1
0:4.5-1.el8_7.1
libreswan
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
before 0:4.5-1.el8_6.1
0:4.5-1.el8_6.1
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
before 0:4.5-1.el8_6.1
0:4.5-1.el8_6.1
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
before 0:4.5-1.el8_6.1
0:4.5-1.el8_6.1
libreswan
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
0:3.29-7.el8_2.2
libreswan
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.4::appstream
before 0:4.3-6.el8_4.1
0:4.3-6.el8_4.1
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.4::appstream
before 0:4.3-6.el8_4.1
0:4.3-6.el8_4.1
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.4::appstream
before 0:4.3-6.el8_4.1
0:4.3-6.el8_4.1
libreswan
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.1::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_1.2
0:3.29-7.el8_1.2
libreswan-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.1::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_1.2
0:3.29-7.el8_1.2
libreswan-debugsource
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.1::appstream
before 0:3.29-7.el8_1.2
0:3.29-7.el8_1.2
libreswan
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.20-7build13.21-23.22-13.22-23.22-33.22-43.23-13.23-4
None known
libreswan
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.29-23.29-2build1
None known
libreswan
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.32-3ubuntu3
None known
libreswan
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.11-1ubuntu14.12-1ubuntu14.14-1ubuntu14.14-1ubuntu2
None known
libreswan
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
4.14-1ubuntu25.2-2.2ubuntu1
None known
libreswan
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
5.2-2.2ubuntu2
None known
libreswan
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.2-2.2ubuntu15.2-2.2ubuntu2
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affectedOSV
affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-30570 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Libreswan, published May 4, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.19%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in libreswan 4.9-r2.

References

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