What is GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x?

GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. m2crypto Bleichenbacher timing attack - incomplete fix for CVE-2020-25657

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x cover?

GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2023-50781. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x?

GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x?

GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x affects 1 product, including: pip/m2crypto:\u003c= 0.40.1.

GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6xMediumCVSS 5.9

m2crypto Bleichenbacher timing attack - incomplete fix for CVE-2020-25657

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 5, 2024

Last Modified

February 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-50781 →

📋 Description

A flaw was found in m2crypto. This issue may allow a remote attacker to decrypt captured messages in TLS servers that use RSA key exchanges, which may lead to exposure of confidential or sensitive data.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/m2crypto:<= 0.40.1

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50781
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50781
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254426
https://gitlab.com/m2crypto/m2crypto/-/issues/342
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x