CVE-2026-53499 PUBLISHED

FORT-validator Vulnerable to RRDP Shared Snapshot Cache Poisoning

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 21.08.2026 Updated: 21.08.2026

FORT Validator is a Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) relying-party validator that produces validated route-origin data. FORT Validator versions through 1.6.7 contain an origin-validation error in their RRDP processing: a delegated CA under the same Trust Anchor Locator (TAL) can reference a victim CA’s public RRDP notification and snapshot URLs, causing FORT’s URL-based download cache to report success after deleting the victim’s local snapshot. Following a routine victim publication, this can silently remove the victim’s VRPs and other signed objects from FORT’s output, potentially enabling route hijacking or loss of reachability. Version 1.6.8 contains a patch that rejects cross-origin RRDP snapshot and delta URLs; as a workaround, administrators can disable HTTP/RRDP with  --http.enabled=false  while keeping rsync enabled, although this can leave data unavailable or stale where rsync is not supported.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor NICMx
Product FORT-validator
Versions
  • Version < 1.6.8 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-346: Origin Validation Error CWE