CVE-2023-50782 (GCVE-0-2023-50782)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-05 20:45 – Updated: 2026-03-24 11:28
VLAI
Title
Python-cryptography: bleichenbacher timing oracle attack against rsa decryption - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25659
Summary
A flaw was found in the python-cryptography package. This issue may allow a remote attacker to decrypt captured messages in TLS servers that use RSA key exchanges, which may lead to exposure of confidential or sensitive data.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-12-13 00:00
Credits
This issue was discovered by Hubert Kario (Red Hat).
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