Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting openssl package, versions <1.1.0h-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.81% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-OPENSSL-18867183
  • published17 Aug 2026
  • disclosed16 Apr 2018

Introduced: 16 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-0737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest openssl to version 1.1.0h-3 or higher.

NVD Description

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

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

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