CVE-2020-36421 (GCVE-0-2020-36421)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-19 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 16:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Arm Mbed TLS before 2.23.0. Because of a side channel in modular exponentiation, an RSA private key used in a secure enclave could be disclosed.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-03 16:11 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy
Assigner
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