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.
Published: 2021-06-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2691-1 libgcrypt20 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-20252 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5080-1 Libgcrypt vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5080-2 Libgcrypt vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-325
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Gnupg Libgcrypt
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function Communications Cloud Native Core Network Slice Selection Function Communications Cloud Native Core Service Communication Proxy
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-03T14:39:10.763Z

Reserved: 2021-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-33560

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:50:43.035Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-08T11:15:07.767

Modified: 2025-12-03T15:15:49.833

Link: CVE-2021-33560

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-33560 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses