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CVE-2023-38325

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

The cryptography package before 41.0.2 for Python mishandles SSH certificates that have critical options.

Affected products

• pyca cryptography: from 40.0.0 before 41.0.2 — fixed in 41.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pyca cryptography 41.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/compare/41.0.1...41.0.2
• https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/9207
• https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9208
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMCCTYY3CSNQBFFYYC5DAV6KATHWCUZK/
• https://pypi.org/project/cryptography/#history
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0010/
• https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/compare/41.0.1...41.0.2
• https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/9207
• https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9208
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMCCTYY3CSNQBFFYYC5DAV6KATHWCUZK/
• https://pypi.org/project/cryptography/#history
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0010/

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