CVE-2016-6298

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CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

EPSS

2%p82

Published

Sep 1, 2016 (Sep 1, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The _Rsa15 class in the RSA 1.5 algorithm implementation in jwa.py in jwcrypto before 0.3.2 lacks the Random Filling protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a Million Message Attack (MMA).

Vendors: latchset
Products: jwcrypto
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.2%)

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