cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Calling load_pem_pkcs7_certificates or load_der_pkcs7_certificates could lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault. Exploitation of this vulnerability poses a serious risk of Denial of Service (DoS) for any application attempting to deserialize a PKCS7 blob/certificate. The consequences extend to potential disruptions in system availability and stability. This vulnerability has been patched in version 41.0.6.
CVE-2023-49083
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.0%, top 23% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EPSS
- 58.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 29, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (9)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48a
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMNTYMUGFJSDBYBU22FUYBHFRZODRKXV/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48a
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00012.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMNTYMUGFJSDBYBU22FUYBHFRZODRKXV/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-49083(10)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:15874Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- RHSA-2025:14553Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- RHSA-2025:13104Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- RHSA-2025:13103Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- RHSA-2025:13100Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- RHSA-2025:13101Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- RHSA-2025:13102Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- RHSA-2025:13098Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-cryptography security update
- +2 more
Patch Availability(15)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-cryptography (38.0.4-4ubuntu0.23.10.1) @ mantic | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:36.0.1-5.el9_6 | 2025-09-16 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-8.el8_10 | 2025-08-26 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-5.1.el8_6.1 | 2025-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-6.el8_8 | 2025-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:36.0.1-2.el9_2.1 | 2025-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:36.0.1-1.el9_0.1 | 2025-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:36.0.1-4.el9_4.1 | 2025-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:3.2.1-4.el8_4.1 | 2025-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | python3.11-cryptography-0:37.0.2-5.el8_8.1 | 2024-12-11 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:42.0.5-1.el9ap | 2024-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | python3.11-cryptography-0:37.0.2-6.el8 | 2024-05-22 | redhat |
| redhat | python3.11-cryptography-0:37.0.2-6.el9 | 2024-04-30 | redhat |
| redhat | python-cryptography-0:41.0.6-1.el8ui | 2024-04-18 | redhat |
| redhat | automation-controller-0:4.5.5-2.el9ap | 2024-04-02 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| cryptography | 3.1 ... 41.0.5 (42 versions) | 41.0.6 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-490832023-12-04
cryptography vulnerable to NULL-dereference when loading PKCS7 certificates
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1878MODERATE2023-11-28
RHSA-2024:1878 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:2337MODERATE2023-11-28
RHSA-2024:2337 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:3105MODERATE2023-11-28
RHSA-2024:3105 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:3781MODERATE2023-11-28
RHSA-2024:3781 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6539-1MEDIUM
python-cryptography vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-02 16:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:05 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-27 03:37 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-06-27 03:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 06:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
Show 57 moreShow fewer
- 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-22 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-22 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-19 19:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-19 19:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-18 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-17 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-15 17:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-14 23:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-13 22:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-13 22:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-12 23:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-11 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-10 22:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-10 13:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-09 14:17 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-06-08 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-08 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-07 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-07 15:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 06:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 06:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 06:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-04 13:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-04 13:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-04 13:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-01 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-01 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 00:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 00:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-29 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-27 13:39 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-27 13:39 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-24 13:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-24 13:11 UTCVendor advisory
Related CVEs(same vendor + same CWE)
Same vendor
10 shownmsrc · redhat
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2023-49083?
When was CVE-2023-49083 disclosed?
Is CVE-2023-49083 actively exploited?
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-49083?
How do I remediate CVE-2023-49083?
Dependency Blast Radius
See which npm, PyPI, Go, and Maven packages are affected by CVE-2023-49083
Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2023-49083?
EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.