CVE-2025-52496

Mbed TLS before 3.6.4 has a race condition in AESNI detection if certain compiler optimizations occur. An attacker may be able to extract an AES key from a multithreaded program, or perform a GCM forgery.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
mitreCNA
7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA-ADPADP
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 3%
VendorProductVersion
armmbed_tls
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< 3.6.4
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
mbedtls
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
2.16.9-0.1+deb11u3
fixed
bookworm
vulnerable
trixie
3.6.4-2
fixed
forky
3.6.5-0.1
fixed
sid
3.6.5-0.1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
mbedtls
questing
needed
plucky
needed
oracular
ignored
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
needed
bionic
needed
xenial
needed
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls-docs/blob/main/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2025-06-1.md
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00013.html
https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls-docs/blob/main/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2025-06-1.md