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CVE-2025-9231

· Published 30/09/2025 14:15 · Modified 30/09/2025 20:15

Labels: CVE-2025-9231 2025-09-30CVE-2025-9231CWE-385[email protected]

Essential information

Published
30/09/2025 14:15
Modified
30/09/2025 20:15
Author
Creator
CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CVSS metrics

Description

Issue summary: A timing side-channel which could potentially allow remote recovery of the private key exists in the SM2 algorithm implementation on 64 bit ARM platforms. Impact summary: A timing side-channel in SM2 signature computations on 64 bit ARM platforms could allow recovering the private key by an attacker.. While remote key recovery over a network was not attempted by the reporter, timing measurements revealed a timing signal which may allow such an attack. OpenSSL does not directly support certificates with SM2 keys in TLS, and so this CVE is not relevant in most TLS contexts. However, given that it is possible to add support for such certificates via a custom provider, coupled with the fact that in such a custom provider context the private key may be recoverable via remote timing measurements, we consider this to be a Moderate severity issue. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as SM2 is not an approved algorithm.

NVD status

Status
Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
openssl / openssl cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl / sm2 algorithm cpe:2.3:a:openssl:sm2_algorithm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References