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CVE-2018-6594

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.07% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-02-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-6594
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.07%

Original NVD Description

lib/Crypto/PublicKey/ElGamal.py in PyCrypto through 2.6.1 generates weak ElGamal key parameters, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading ciphertext data (i.e., it does not have semantic security in face of a ciphertext-only attack). The Decisional Diffie-Hellman (DDH) assumption does not hold for PyCrypto's ElGamal implementation.