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medium 5.9

CVE-2018-1000808 json

Pyopenssl Incorrect Memory Management

published 2018-10-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-2rcm-phc9-3945 , PYSEC-2018-24 , EUVD-2018-0124

cvss
5.9
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Python Cryptographic Authority pyopenssl version Before 17.5.0 contains a CWE - 401 : Failure to Release Memory Before Removing Last Reference vulnerability in PKCS #12 Store that can result in Denial of service if memory runs low or is exhausted. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon calling application, however it could be as simple as initiating a TLS connection. Anything that would cause the calling application to reload certificates from a PKCS #12 store.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 17.5.0.

Patch / fix

  • pypi pyopenssl 17.5.0
  • pyopenssl_project pyopenssl 17.5.0
  • pyopenssl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 17.5.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000808

  • pyopenssl Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000808

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  • pyOpenSSL openstack 13 17.5.0-1.el7ost
  • python2-pyOpenSSL openstack 13 17.5.0-1.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0085

  • python-pyOpenSSL SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 17.1.0-4.26.1
  • crowbar OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1551088826.010c0399-3.12.2
  • ardana-db OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1550589454.df2e733-3.22.2
  • ardana-ses OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1554145115.63a4cf2-1.17.2
  • crowbar-ha OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1553248675.7e103ea-3.14.2
  • ardana-heat OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1552935705.e9a92b3-3.9.2
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1551718533.227cb9e-3.26.2
  • ardana-swift OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1551502730.f4d219d-3.24.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1626-1SUSE-RU-2019:1161-1SUSE-SU-2018:4063-1

  • py-openssl Alpine 3.8, Alpine 3.7, Alpine 3.6 17.5.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-1000808

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1000808 updated cvss 3.7

pyOpenSSL: Failure to release memory before removing last reference in PKCS #12 Store

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pyOpenSSL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pyOpenSSL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pyOpenSSL
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) pyOpenSSL, python-pyOpenSSL Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) python-pyOpenSSL
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) python2-pyOpenSSL
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Storage 3 pyOpenSSL
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 python-pyOpenSSL, python2-pyOpenSSL
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 pyOpenSSL 17.5.0-1.el7ost, python2-pyOpenSSL 17.5.0-1.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0085
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 python3-pyOpenSSL
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi pyopenssl
<17.5.0
17.5.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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