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CVE-2021-33560
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-06-08T11:15:07.767 · Last modified 2026-06-17T03:54:47.733

Summary

Libgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm, and the window size is not chosen appropriately. This, for example, affects use of ElGamal in OpenPGP.

Affected products

gnupg — libgcrypt

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References

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