CVE-2020-25658 HIGH

CVE-2020-25658

Vendor Sybren A. Stüvel
Product python-rsa
Weakness CWE-385
Published November 12, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

It was found that python-rsa is vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks. An attacker can use this flaw via the RSA decryption API to decrypt parts of the cipher text encrypted with RSA.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 12, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated