CVE-2024-23170
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.x before 2.28.7 and 3.x before 3.5.2. There was a timing side channel in RSA private operations. This side channel could be sufficient for a local attacker to recover the plaintext. It requires the attacker to send a large number of messages for decryption, as described in "Everlasting ROBOT: the Marvin Attack" by Hubert Kario.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (6)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-23170/cnnvd
- https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2024-01-1/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Mbed-TLS-information-disclosure-via-RSA-Timing-Side-Channel-43421cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GP5UU7Z6LJNBLBT4SC5WWS2HDNMTFZH5/enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IIBPEYSVRK4IFLBSYJAWKH33YBNH5HR2/enisa_euvd
- https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2024-01-1/enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GP5UU7Z6LJNBLBT4SC5WWS2HDNMTFZH5/nvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IIBPEYSVRK4IFLBSYJAWKH33YBNH5HR2/nvd
Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.
Free scan