Information disclosure in Gnupg Libgcrypt

CVE-2017-7526

libgcrypt before version 1.7.8 is vulnerable to a cache side-channel attack resulting into a complete break of RSA-1024 while using the left-to-right method for computing the sliding-window expansion. The same attack is believed to work on…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.028 (86.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7526?
CVE-2017-7526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnupg Libgcrypt, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-7526?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7526 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.