Description
Any CA issuer in the RPKI can trick OctoRPKI prior to 1.3.0 into emitting an invalid VRP "MaxLength" value, causing RTR sessions to terminate. An attacker can use this to disable RPKI Origin Validation in a victim network (for example AS 13335 - Cloudflare) prior to launching a BGP hijack which during normal operations would be rejected as "RPKI invalid". Additionally, in certain deployments RTR session flapping in and of itself also could cause BGP routing churn, causing availability issues.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | octorpki | unspecified – < 1.3.0 | 1.3.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | cfrpki | 1.3.0-1 | — |
| Debian 11 | cfrpki | 1.4.2-1~deb11u1 | DSA-5041-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki | < 1.3.0 | 1.3.0 | GHSA-c8xp-8mf3-62h9 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-5041-1 cfrpki - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026