CVE-2023-3446
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Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters
rank 21 = 2 + 13 + 0 + 6 + 0
rank@v1 · backlog
Someone is already using it
CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS
EPSS 0.06531 · without this subject the record ranks 19
What it costs you if it fires
NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own
CVSS 5.3, from NVD · without this subject the record ranks 8
It is getting worse, not staying still
FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed
no persisting rise in 365 days · without this subject the record ranks 21
How much of the world it touches
NVD CPE configurations
5 products in the CPE ranges · without this subject the record ranks 15
Someone else already set the date
CISA KEV remediation due date
no CISA due date · without this subject the record ranks 21
$78,400 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.24048551839932833 exposure x 0.06531 likelihood
udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run
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Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.
- RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
- RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
- RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
- RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known
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What it is stated by the CNA
Issue summary: Checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. Impact summary: Applications that use the functions DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() to check a DH key or DH parameters may experience long delays. Where the key or parameters that are being checked have been obtained from an untrusted source this may lead to a Denial of Service. The function DH_check() performs various checks on DH parameters. One of those checks confirms that the modulus ('p' parameter) is not too large. receipt
Read the rest of the CNA's description
Trying to use a very large modulus is slow and OpenSSL will not normally use a modulus which is over 10,000 bits in length. However the DH_check() function checks numerous aspects of the key or parameters that have been supplied. Some of those checks use the supplied modulus value even if it has already been found to be too large. An application that calls DH_check() and supplies a key or parameters obtained from an untrusted source could be vulernable to a Denial of Service attack. The function DH_check() is itself called by a number of other OpenSSL functions. An application calling any of those other functions may similarly be affected. The other functions affected by this are DH_check_ex() and EVP_PKEY_param_check(). Also vulnerable are the OpenSSL dhparam and pkeyparam command line applications when using the '-check' option. The OpenSSL SSL/TLS implementation is not affected by this issue. The OpenSSL 3.0 and 3.1 FIPS providers are not affected by this issue.
NVD's analysis a second authority
- severity
- 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- weakness
- CWE-606; CWE-1333
- affected versions
- openssl 1.0.2; openssl 1.1.1; openssl 3.0.0; and 2 more, listed in full below
- also scored by
- 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
check it yourself openssl.org git.openssl.org git.openssl.org git.openssl.org git.openssl.org receipt
Dated events
Movement the material steps
This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.
Show all 51 observations
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The full biography
Exploit probability more than doubled between 2026-06-13 and 2026-06-15 (0.00751 → 0.05533) and the record had been public for 3 years when this index was last written.
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openssl
Of the 5 records in this family that state one, this holds the highest EPSS percentile: 0.93316.
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