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TI-2017-00354 Aliases CVE-2017-0379GHSA-j848-fx94-98m4

Information disclosure in libgcrypt

Priority LOW 39CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Libgcrypt before 1.8.1 does not properly consider Curve25519 side-channel attacks, which makes it easier for attackers to discover a secret key, related to cipher/ecc.c and mpi/ec.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0351 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—libgcryptlibgcrypt—No fix listedCNA
  • libgcrypt Vendor— Affected libgcrypt Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libgcrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.8.0VulnerableGnuPG
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libgcrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.8.0 Vulnerable ·GnuPG
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-0379
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j848-fx94-98m4

References

Patch 3

Advisory 2

Other 4

Sources

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