๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2023-50781

HIGH 7.5

M2crypto: bleichenbacher timing attacks in the rsa decryption api - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25657

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.5%
EPSS Percentile
67th

A flaw was found in m2crypto. 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.

CWE CWE-203
Published Feb 5, 2024
Last Updated Mar 24, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Virtualization 4
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50781 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254426

Credits

This issue was discovered by Hubert Kario (Red Hat).