CVE-2023-5981

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.07 BB Relevance: 62/100
Published: 2023-11-28 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-05 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: None

Description

A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
debian debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject fedora 37
fedoraproject fedora 38
gnu gnutls < 3.8.2
redhat linux 8.0
redhat linux 9.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

62 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.9 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.27%
Raw Score 0.012670
Percentile 70.2%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.01267
2026-11-12
0.01267
2026-11-10
0.01267
2026-11-09
0.01267
2026-11-08
0.01267
2026-11-07
0.01267
2026-11-06
0.01267
2026-11-05
0.01267
2026-11-04
0.01267

Intelligence Sources

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