CVE-2023-38325

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

The cryptography package before 41.0.2 for Python mishandles SSH certificates that have critical options.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5
Tenablev2 7.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-14 CVE Reserved
2023-07-14 CVE Published
2024-10-30 CVE Updated
2024-10-30 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://pypi.org/project/cryptography/#history	Release Notes
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0010

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/9207	2024-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/compare/41.0.1...41.0.2	2023-11-07
https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9208	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMCCTYY3CSNQBFFYYC5DAV6KATHWCUZK	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cryptography Project Search vendor "Cryptography Project"		Cryptography Search vendor "Cryptography Project" for product "Cryptography"				>= 40.0.0 < 41.0.2 Search vendor "Cryptography Project" for product "Cryptography" and version " >= 40.0.0 < 41.0.2"		python		Affected