RHSA-2023:6615 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 7, 2023
Updated · August 4, 2026
Topic
An update for python-cryptography is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The python-cryptography packages contain a Python Cryptographic Authority's (PyCA's) cryptography library, which provides cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
Security Fix(es):
- python-cryptography: memory corruption via immutable objects (CVE-2023-23931)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.