CVE-2023-23931
low-risk
Published 2023-02-07
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. In affected versions `Cipher.update_into` would accept Python objects which implement the buffer protocol, but provide only immutable buffers. This would allow immutable objects (such as `bytes`) to be mutated, thus violating fundamental rules of Python and resulting in corrupted output. This now correctly raises an exception. This issue has been present since `update_into` was originally introduced in cryptography 1.8.
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0.80% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 4.8/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Cryptography
Affected Vendors
References (6)
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low-risk
Severity
15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal