Vulnerability in Golang Crypto

CVE-2019-11840

An issue was discovered in the supplementary Go cryptography library, golang.org/x/crypto, before v0.0.0-20190320223903-b7391e95e576. A flaw was found in the amd64 implementation of the golang.org/x/crypto/salsa20 and golang.org/x/crypto/s…

EPSS: 0.021 (84.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11840?
CVE-2019-11840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Golang Crypto, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-11840?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-11840 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.