Encryption key derived from static host information

published 2024-01-27 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-58714

cvss: 5.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

Use of encryption key derived from static information in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver allows

an attacker to set up a TLS session with the fingerprint sensor and send restricted commands to the fingerprint sensor. This may allow an attacker, who has physical access to the sensor, to enroll a fingerprint into the template database.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver 6.0.17.1103

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-18)

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver

Classification

Weakness

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

synaptics.com /sites/default/files/2024-01/fingerprint-driver-encryption-key-security-brief-2024-01-26.pdf
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-6482
NVD CVE-2023-6482

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Summary