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CVE-2021-36647

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.7 Published: 2023-01-17 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in the function mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod() in lignum.c in Mbed TLS Mbed TLS all versions before 3.0.0, 2.27.0 or 2.16.11 allows attackers with access to precise enough timing and memory access information (typically an untrusted operating system attacking a secure enclave such as SGX or the TrustZone secure world) to recover the private keys used in RSA.

Affected Platforms

Arm Mbed TlsTrustedfirmware Mbed Tls

Weakness Type

CWE-327, CWE-327

References