GHSA-fcf9-3qw3-gxmjHighCVSS 7.5

PyCA Cryptography vulnerable to GCM tag forgery

Published
July 31, 2018
Last Modified
September 13, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

A flaw was found in python-cryptography versions between >=1.9.0 and <2.3. The finalize_with_tag API did not enforce a minimum tag length. If a user did not validate the input length prior to passing it to finalize_with_tag an attacker could craft an invalid payload with a shortened tag (e.g. 1 byte) such that they would have a 1 in 256 chance of passing the MAC check. GCM tag forgeries can cause key leakage.

🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/cryptography:>= 1.9.0, < 2.3

🔗 References (8)