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CVE-2023-38325

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38325 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the cryptography package for Python, specifically versions prior to 41.0.2, where it improperly handles SSH certificates with critical options. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high integrity impact remotely with low attack complexity, although it does not affect confidentiality or availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 40.0.0, < 41.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cryptography.io:cryptography:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 42.0.5-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 42.0.5-1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cryptographyFixed in: 41.0.2

Vendor Advisories (4)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2023-38325

CVE-2023-38325

Jun 11, 2024
redhatCVE-2023-38325Moderate

python-cryptography: SSH certificate encoding/parsing incompatibility with OpenSSH

Jul 15, 2023
pipGHSA-cf7p-gm2m-833mhigh

cryptography mishandles SSH certificates

Jul 14, 2023
microsoft2023-Jul/CVE-2023-38325

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

Jul 11, 2023

References

github.com / pyca/cryptography/compare/41.0.1...41.0.2
Patch
github.com / pyca/cryptography/issues/9207
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / pyca/cryptography/pull/9208
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMCCTYY3CSNQBFFYYC5DAV6KATHWCUZK
pypi.org / project/cryptography
Release Notes
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230824-0010