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CVE-2020-25659

python-cryptography: Bleichenbacher timing oracle attack against RSA decryption

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 25, 2020

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in python-cryptography, where it is vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks. This flaw allows an attacker, via the RSA decryption API, to decrypt parts of the ciphertext encrypted with RSA. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Statement

In Red Hat OpenStack Platform, because the flaw has a lower impact and the fix would require a substantial amount of development, no update will be provided at this time for the RHOSP python-cryptography package.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-385 · Covert Timing Channel