CVE-2025-66442 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can exploit a compiler-induced timing side channel in Mbed TLS RSA and CBC/ECB decryption to potentially recover sensitive cryptographic data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-66442?
CVE-2025-66442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arm Mbed Tls, published on 1 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Mbed TLS through 4.0.0, there is a compiler-induced timing side channel (in RSA and CBC/ECB decryption) that only occurs with LLVM's select-optimize feature. TF-PSA-Crypto through 1.0.0 is also affected.
Weakness: CWE-385
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-66442?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Arm Mbed Tls, Arm Tf-Psa-Crypto.
How do I fix CVE-2025-66442?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-66442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-66442 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-66442 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Arm Mbed Tls
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66442, GHSA-56v8-wv3m-qgg6, JLSEC-2026-463, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-66442.