CVE-2023-42811 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-42811: AEADs/aes-gcm: Plaintext exposed in decrypt_in_place_detached even on tag verification failure

Vendor Rustcrypto
Product AEADs
Weakness CWE-347
Published September 22, 2023
Last update June 18, 2025

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

aes-gcm is a pure Rust implementation of the AES-GCM. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 0.10.3, in the AES GCM implementation of decrypt_in_place_detached, the decrypted ciphertext (i.e. the correct plaintext) is exposed even if tag verification fails. If a program using the `aes-gcm` crate's `decrypt_in_place*` APIs accesses the buffer after decryption failure, it will contain a decryption of an unauthenticated input. Depending on the specific nature of the program this may enable Chosen Ciphertext Attacks (CCAs) which can cause a catastrophic breakage of the cipher including full plaintext recovery. Version 0.10.3 contains a fix for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 22, 2023 CVE published
June 18, 2025 Record updated