CVE-2026-63925CWE-190

CVE-2026-63925

High · published July 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

macsec: fix replay protection at XPN lower-PN wrap

In macsec_post_decrypt(), when pn is U32_MAX, pn + 1 overflows u32 to 0

and the first branch never fires. If next_pn_halves.lower is also in the

upper half, pn_same_half(pn, lower) is true and the XPN else-if does not

fire either, leaving next_pn_halves unchanged. An attacker that captures

the legitimate frame carrying pn == 0xFFFFFFFF on an XPN association

can then replay it indefinitely, since lowest_pn never rises above

the captured pn and macsec_decrypt() reconstructs the same IV.

Extend the XPN else-if to also fire when pn + 1 wraps to 0, so receipt

of pn == U32_MAX advances next_pn_halves to (upper + 1, 0).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00345 · 26.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2026-07-19T20:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 14:55Z
    macsec: fix replay protection at XPN lower-PN wrap
    cvelistv5