Timing Attack Affecting mbedtls package, versions [,3.6.5)
Threat Intelligence
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- published22 Oct 2025
- disclosed21 Oct 2025
- creditBeat Heeb
Introduced: 21 Oct 2025
NewCVE-2025-59438 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade mbedtls to version 3.6.5 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack via discrepancies in processing invalid padding errors in legacy API (mbedtls_cipher_crypt() and mbedtls_cipher_finish() functions) and in the PSA Crypto API (psa_cipher_decrypt() and psa_cipher_finish() functions) when handling any other padding than NONE. An attacker can infer sensitive information by measuring the time taken to process cryptographic operations.