Information Exposure Affecting openssl package, versions [1.0.2,1.0.2p)[1.1.0,1.1.0i)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
31.12% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSL-10695282
  • published11 Jul 2025
  • disclosed11 Apr 2018
  • creditAlejandro Cabrera Aldaya, Billy Brumley, Cesar Pereida Garcia and Luis Manuel Alvarez Tapia

Introduced: 11 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-0737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 1.0.2p, 1.1.0i or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure via timing (side-channel) attacks. The vulnerability exists due to the lack of constant time comparison during the RSA key generation of p and q, resulting in the potential ability to recover the private key.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1