CVE-2018-6594

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

2.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2018-02-03 03:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 06:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-02-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

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-325Missing Cryptographic StepBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

eec4a3bfd55244575807688903d88367cd6ba34ed3d64ec19adf29a6530fe2dc

• github.comhttps://github.com/TElgamal/attack-on-pycrypto-elgamalx_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3616-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/253x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180215 [SECURITY] [DLA 1283-1] python-crypto security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00018.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3616-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3616-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-62https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-62vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO