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CVE-2006-4339

CVSS 4.3 · MEDIUM

Summary

OpenSSL before 0.9.7, 0.9.7 before 0.9.7k, and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8c, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, removes PKCS-1 padding before generating a hash, which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature that is signed by that RSA key and prevents OpenSSL from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS #1.

CVSS 2.0 breakdown

Base score4.3 (MEDIUM)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityMEDIUM
ConfidentialityPARTIAL
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityNONE

Weakness type (CWE)

Affected products

Openssl openssl
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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