PyPI: cryptography

CVE-2023-5678

Safety vulnerability ID: SFTY-20231106-93730

Safety legacy ID: pyup.io-65510

Cryptography starting from version 42.0.0 updates its CI configurations to use newer versions of BoringSSL or OpenSSL as a countermeasure to CVE-2023-5678. This vulnerability, affecting the package, could cause Denial of Service through specific DH key generation and verification functions when given overly long parameters.

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Created at: Oct 14, 2026Updated at: Oct 14, 2026

Overview

Cryptography starting from version 42.0.0 updates its CI configurations to use newer versions of BoringSSL or OpenSSL as a countermeasure to CVE-2023-5678. This vulnerability, affecting the package, could cause Denial of Service through specific DH key generation and verification functions when given overly long parameters.

Advisory

Cryptography starting from version 42.0.0 updates its CI configurations to use newer versions of BoringSSL or OpenSSL as a countermeasure to CVE-2023-5678. This vulnerability, affecting the package, could cause Denial of Service through specific DH key generation and verification functions when given overly long parameters.

Affected Package

Affecting cryptography package, versions<42.0.0

Also affects

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How to Fix

Upgradecryptographyto42.0.0or higher.

Mitigation and Workarounds

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Vulnerable Functions

Functions linked to known vulnerabilities.

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References

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