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01 Record

CVE-2011-4121

The OpenSSL extension of Ruby (Git trunk) versions after 2011-09-01 up to 2011-11-03 always generated an exponent value of '1' to be used for private RSA key generation. A remote attacker could use

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

The OpenSSL extension of Ruby (Git trunk) versions after 2011-09-01 up to 2011-11-03 always generated an exponent value of '1' to be used for private RSA key generation. A remote attacker could use

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 84.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-11-26 04:35Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-07 00:01Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2011-10-18
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-326Inadequate Encryption StrengthClass
  • CWE-330Use of Insufficiently Random ValuesClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
bbe5048e700d7f1f984e76c7acb7722659fffd266723392a07651308c78361e5

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
OpenSSLOpenSSL extension of Ruby (Git trunk)versions after 2011-09-01 up to 2011-11-03—

06 References