Information Exposure Affecting libcryptopp8_6_0 package, versions <8.6.0-150400.3.12.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-LIBCRYPTOPP860-14151077
  • published29 Nov 2025
  • disclosed28 Nov 2025

Introduced: 28 Nov 2025

CVE-2023-50979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 libcryptopp8_6_0 to version 8.6.0-150400.3.12.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcryptopp8_6_0 package and not the libcryptopp8_6_0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 has a Marvin side channel during decryption with PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1