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TI-2024-18823 Aliases CVE-2024-28285GHSA-w4c4-h4jq-x3xh

A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal.h of…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-209Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-209 and CWE-285.

Summary

A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal.h of Cryptopp Crypto++ 8.9, allows an attacker to co-reside in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00505 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.9.0—Cryptopp
  • cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.0 — ·Cryptopp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28285
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4c4-h4jq-x3xh

References

Other 1

Sources

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