An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 3.5.x and 3.6.x through 3.6.5 and TF-PSA-Crypto 1.0. There is a lack of contributory behavior in FFDH due to improper input validation. Using finite-field Diffie-Hellman, the other party can force the shared secret into a small set of values (lack of contributory behavior). This is a problem for protocols that depend on contributory behavior (which is not the case for TLS). The attack can be carried by the peer, or depending on the protocol by an active network attacker (person in the middle).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-34872 is rated Low Risk (38.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2026-04-02 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.2 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-34872 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mbedtls), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-34872 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34872 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-34872 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mbedtls), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-34872 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| arm | mbed_tls | < 3.6.6 | cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| arm | tf-psa-crypto | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:arm:tf-psa-crypto:1.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2026-03-ffdh-peerkey-checks/ | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |