CVE-2023-50782: Python-cryptography: bleichenbacher timing oracle attack against rsa decryption - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25659
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-50782 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in couchbase couchbase_server. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 11Timeline
- 05-02-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 24-03-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in the python-cryptography package. 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.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
66%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.12% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse25 products
- openssl-1_1&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 1.1.1d-150200.11.97.1
- openssl-1_1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 1.1.1d-150200.11.97.1
- openssl-1_1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 1.1.1d-150200.11.97.1
- openssl-1_1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 1.1.1l-150400.7.75.1
- openssl-1_1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 1.1.1l-150400.7.75.1
Chainguard18 products
- airflow< 2.10.5-r44 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- airflow-bitnami-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
- az< 2.57.0-r0
- ggshield< 1.25.0-r0
- kubeflow-pipelines< 2.0.5-r3
Wolfi18 products
- airflow< 2.10.5-r44 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- airflow-bitnami-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
- az< 2.57.0-r0
- ggshield< 1.25.0-r0
- kubeflow-pipelines< 2.0.5-r3
Opensuse4 products
- openssl-1_1&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.1.1l-150500.17.37.1
- openssl-1_1&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.1.1w-150600.5.9.1
- openssl-1_1&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5< 1.1.1l-150500.17.37.1
- openssl-3&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 3.1.4-150600.5.21.1
Redhat3 products
Couchbase1 product
- couchbase_server7.6.0 | 7.6.1
Cryptography.io1 product
- cryptography< 42.0.0
Debian1 product
- python-cryptographyAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 42.0.5-1
PyPI1 product
- cryptography< 42.0.0
Ubuntu1 product
- python-cryptography< 2.1.4-1ubuntu1.4+esm1 | < 2.8-3ubuntu0.3 | < 3.4.8-1ubuntu2.2 | < 1.2.3-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
10 vendors · 73 products
References
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- github.com/pyca/cryptographyPACKAGE