8.2

CVE-2024-28960: arm mbed_crypto Improper Access Control

CVSS: 8.2v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-28960MGASA-2024-0146UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28960
Published 29-03-2024Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-28960 is a high (CVSS 8.2) Improper Access Control vulnerability in arm mbed_crypto. EPSS estimates a 0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.85%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.18.0 through 2.28.x before 2.28.8 and 3.x before 3.6.0, and Mbed Crypto. The PSA Crypto API mishandles shared memory.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.85% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.85%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Arm2 products
Alpine1 product
  • mbedtls< 2.28.8-r0
Debian1 product
  • mbedtlsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.28.8-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Mageia1 product
  • mbedtls< 2.28.8-1.mga9
Opensuse1 product
  • mbedtls-2&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.28.8-1.1
Trustedfirmware1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • mbedtlsAll versions (No fix recorded)

8 vendors · 9 products

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