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
- Golang Crypto
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
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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.