PyPI: cryptography

CVE-2023-6237

Safety vulnerability ID: SFTY-20240425-80211

Safety legacy ID: pyup.io-66777

Cryptography 42.0.0 updates its bundled dependency 'OpenSSL' so to include the commit fix for CVE-2023-6237: Checking excessively long invalid RSA public keys may take a long time.

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Created at: Oct 15, 2026Updated at: Oct 15, 2026

Overview

Cryptography 42.0.0 updates its bundled dependency 'OpenSSL' so to include the commit fix for CVE-2023-6237: Checking excessively long invalid RSA public keys may take a long time.

Advisory

Cryptography 42.0.0 updates its bundled dependency 'OpenSSL' so to include the commit fix for CVE-2023-6237: Checking excessively long invalid RSA public keys may take a long time.

Affected Package

Affecting cryptography package, versions>=35.0.0,<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

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