Libgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm, and the window size is not chosen appropriately. This, for example, affects use of ElGamal in OpenPGP.
History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-325
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-03T14:39:10.763Z

Reserved: 2021-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-33560

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:50:43.035Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-08T11:15:07.767

Modified: 2025-12-03T15:15:49.833

Link: CVE-2021-33560

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-33560 - Bugzilla