CVE-2025-66442 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

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.

All Arm Mbed Tls vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66442, GHSA-56v8-wv3m-qgg6, JLSEC-2026-463, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-66442.

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