Timing Attack Affecting pyquorum package, versions [,0.2.1)
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published11 May 2026
- disclosed6 May 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 6 May 2026
CVE-2026-44368 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade pyquorum to version 0.2.1 or higher.
Overview
pyquorum is a Cryptographic library for secret sharing and key management, powered by Rust
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack via mul_mod function implements multiplication via a binary expansion loop whose execution time depends on the Hamming weight of the second operand. An attacker who can measure the time of secret‑sharing operations (e.g., via a remote service) could recover the values of shares, leading to secret reconstruction.