CVE-2017-7526 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-7526

libgcrypt before version 1.7.8 is vulnerable to a cache side-channel...

Vulnerability Description

libgcrypt before version 1.7.8 is vulnerable to a cache side-channel attack resulting into a complete break of RSA-1024 while using the left-to-right method for computing the sliding-window expansion. The same attack is believed to work on RSA-2048 with moderately more computation. This side-channel requires that attacker can run arbitrary software on the hardware where the private RSA key is used.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libgcrypt
Vulnerable Versions:
1.7.8

Timeline

Official Publish: July 26th, 2018
Last Modified: December 17th, 2025
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)