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Case File

CVE-2016-9243

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-9243
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.40%

Original NVD Description

HKDF in cryptography before 1.5.2 returns an empty byte-string if used with a length less than algorithm.digest_size.