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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2023-5678

VendoropensslProductopensslDiscoveredNov 6, 2023UpdatedMay 12, 2026

Issue summary: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DH_generate_key() to generate an X9.42 DH key may experience long delays. Likewise, applications that use DH_check_pub_key(), DH_check_pub_key_ex() or EVP_PKEY_public_check() to check an X9.42 DH key or X9.42 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. While DH_check() performs all the necessary checks (as of CVE-2023-3817), DH_check_pub_key() doesn't make any of these checks, and is therefore vulnerable for excessively large P and Q parameters. Likewise, while DH_generate_key()…

CVSS v3.1
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
4.46%
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
Nov 6, 2023
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD May 12, 2026
Nov 26, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7894-1: EDK II vulnerabilities
Nov 28, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7894-2: EDK II regression