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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2023-3446

VendoropensslProductopensslDiscoveredJul 19, 2023UpdatedApr 23, 2025

Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() to check a DH key or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. The function DH_check() performs various checks on DH parameters. One of those checks confirms that the modulus ('p' parameter) is not too large. Trying to use a very large modulus is slow and OpenSSL will not normally use a modulus which is over 10,000 bits in length. However the DH_check() function checks numerous aspects of the key or parameters that have been supplied. Some of those checks use the supplied…

CVSS v3.1
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
6.53%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
2
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityLOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jul 19, 2023
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 23, 2025
Nov 26, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7894-1: EDK II vulnerabilities
Nov 28, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7894-2: EDK II regression