Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting gnupg1 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.78% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-GNUPG1-20936411
  • published14 Oct 2026
  • disclosed7 Feb 2018

Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Echo:latest gnupg1.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg1 package and not the gnupg1 package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

cipher/elgamal.c in Libgcrypt through 1.8.2, when used to encrypt messages directly, improperly encodes plaintexts, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading ciphertext data (i.e., it does not have semantic security in face of a ciphertext-only attack). The Decisional Diffie-Hellman (DDH) assumption does not hold for Libgcrypt's ElGamal implementation.