CVE-2023-52323 (GCVE-0-2023-52323)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-06-03 14:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
PyCryptodome and pycryptodomex before 3.19.1 allow side-channel leakage for OAEP decryption, exploitable for a Manger attack.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-08 17:36 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy
Assigner
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