CVE-2021-40530

Published Sep 6, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27705 The ElGamal implementation in Crypto++ through 8.5 allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 2:44 AM
Reserved
Sep 6, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 6, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:07 AM