CVE-2025-24356

fastd is a VPN daemon which tunnels IP packets and Ethernet frames over UDP. When receiving a data packet from an unknown IP address/port combination, fastd will assume that one of its connected peers has moved to a new address and initiate a reconnect by sending a handshake packet. This "fast reconnect" avoids having to wait for a session timeout (up to ~90s) until a new connection is established. Even a 1-byte UDP packet just containing the fastd packet type header can trigger a much larger handshake packet (~150 bytes of UDP payload). Including IPv4 and UDP headers, the resulting amplification factor is roughly 12-13. By sending data packets with a spoofed source address to fastd instances reachable on the internet, this amplification of UDP traffic might be used to facilitate a Distributed Denial of Service attack. This vulnerability is fixed in v23.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/commit/1f233bee76b722c0b3f9024f2c39c72e9f7e5843	Patch
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/commit/3940150e801d0c91460491bec32cbcc5bbc89d5f	Patch
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/commit/5f63fcfc18ae9cad023fa463b152d5e14192b5a8	Patch
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/commit/9df7e516378441d2d17b89f9db5c27c8312d8f12	Patch
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/commit/c1a07b3f2b9066c3713c68547da700b85d60f4f7	Patch
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/commit/ce1b79b12dbfa796743b5f3a50789ade965b7023	Patch
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/commit/d03a0a17347efb5293e42fde7d982781e90f14ef	Patch
https://github.com/neocturne/fastd/security/advisories/GHSA-pggg-vpfv-4rcv	Patch Vendor Advisory Mitigation

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fastd_project:fastd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-01-27 18:15

Updated : 2025-08-27 02:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-24356

Mitre link : CVE-2025-24356

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-24356

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fastd_project

fastd

CWE

CWE-405

Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

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