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    CVE-2024-41996

    Validating the order of the public keys in the Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Protocol, when an approved safe prime is used, allows remote attackers (from the client side) to trigger unnecessarily expensive server-side DHE modular-exponentiation calculations. The client may cause asymmetric resource consumption. The basic attack scenario is that the client must claim that it can only communicate with DHE, and the server must be configured to allow DHE and validate the order of the public key.

    Published:Aug 26, 2024
    Last Modified:May 12, 2026
    EPS:Aug 26, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00628
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Diffie-hellman Key Exchange Project
    Product
    Diffie-hellman Key Exchange

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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