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CVE-2021-40530

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 1.16%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-09-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-40530
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.16%

Original NVD 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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