An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS through 3.5.1.
Priority HIGH 72CWE-384Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-384.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS through 3.5.1. In mbedtls_ssl_session_reset, the maximum negotiable TLS version is mishandled. For example, if the last connection negotiated TLS 1.2, then 1.2 becomes the new maximum.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00465 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52353
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jggj-wjwc-8gg9
References
More Arm Mbed Tls vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19505 A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in mbed TLS 3.0.0 and earlier in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-32620 Mbed TLS before 3.6.4 has a race condition in AESNI detection if certain compiler… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-22925 An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.2 and 3.x before 3.3.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00445 Out-of-bounds write in ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-27113 An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS versions from 2.19.0 up to 3.6.5, Mbed TLS 4.0.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-30320 Use after free in mbedtls CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-52353 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-52353 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jggj-wjwc-8gg9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-52353 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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