CVE-2023-38325

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The cryptography package before 41.0.2 for Python mishandles SSH certificates that have critical options.

Published: 2023-07-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-38325 is rated High Exploit Risk (60/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.61%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-38325

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38325

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.17% 0.61% -0.55%
2 2026-05-10 1.09% 1.17% +0.07%
3 2026-02-22 — 1.09% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38325

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38325

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-38325

GHSA-cf7p-gm2m-833m · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — cryptography mishandles SSH certificates

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-38325

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2023-38325: 1 source package rows (py3-cryptography); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38325
debian unimportant CVE-2023-38325 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-cryptography), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38325
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38325
suse medium CVE-2023-38325 severity moderate: SUSE including 10 source package names (python-cryptography, python2-cryptography, …), 90 product×package rows across 46 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (46 product lines)): Known Not Affected 83, Fixed 7. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38325/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-38325 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-cryptography), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38325

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38325

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cryptography.io cryptography >= 40.0.0, < 41.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cryptography.io:cryptography:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38325

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