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Posted on 08 September 2026
Debian Security Advisory- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Security Advisory DSA-6490-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
September 08, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : fort-validator
CVE ID : CVE-2026-53499
Qi Wang and Jianjun Chen discovered that FORT validator, a RPKI
validation service, performed incomplete validation of RRDP
notifications, which could result in denial of service via cache
poisoning.
For additional details please refer to the upstream advisory at
https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/security/advisories/GHSA-qfm3-577x-rh54
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.8-0+deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your fort-validator packages.
For the detailed security status of fort-validator please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/fort-validator
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
