CVE-2025-13470
Description
In RNP version 0.18.0 a refactoring regression causes the symmetric session key used for Public-Key Encrypted Session Key (PKESK) packets to be left uninitialized except for zeroing, resulting in it always being an all-zero byte array.
Any data encrypted using public-key encryption in this release can be decrypted trivially by supplying an all-zero session key, fully compromising confidentiality.
The vulnerability affects only public key encryption (PKESK packets). Passphrase-based encryption (SKESK packets) is not affected.
Root cause: Vulnerable session key buffer used in PKESK packet generation.
The defect was introduced in commit 7bd9a8dc356aae756b40755be76d36205b6b161a where initialization logic inside encrypted_build_skesk() only randomized the key for the SKESK path and omitted it for the PKESK path.
Affected products
1Patches
2aad1892e4d847bd9a8dc356aVulnerability mechanics
Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
8- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-13402nvd
- aur.archlinux.org/packages/rnpnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/rnpgp/rnp/commit/7bd9a8dc356aae756b40755be76d36205b6b161anvd
- github.com/rnpgp/rnp/releases/tag/v0.18.1nvd
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rnpnvd
- open.ribose.com/advisories/ra-2025-11-20/nvd
- packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-util/librnpnvd
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