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CVE-2021-33560HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2021-33560

Published Jun 8, 2021·Updated Oct 14, 2026

NVD Description

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.

Public Exploits & PoCs1 found

CVSS Vector

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

References

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