CVE-2023-50979 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 5.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50979 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-50979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50979 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50979/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50979/index.md)
Attackers can exploit a side channel in Crypto++ to potentially decrypt data using PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-50979?
CVE-2023-50979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 has a Marvin side channel during decryption with PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
Weakness: CWE-203
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50979?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (4)
libcryptopp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | All versions | 8.6.0-150400.3.12.1 |
libcryptopp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | All versions | 8.6.0-150400.3.12.1 |
libcryptopp openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 8.6.0-150400.3.12.1 |
libcryptopp openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 8.9.0-6.1 |
Products include Cryptopp Crypto\+\+.
How do I fix CVE-2023-50979?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-50979 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50979 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50979, GHSA-w7rq-556w-c7gg, JLSEC-2026-1271, SUSE-SU-2025:4310-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50979, openSUSE-SU-2026:10047-1.