Timing side-channel in SM2 algorithm on 64 bit ARM (OpenSSL OpenSSL)

CVE-2025-9231
MEDIUM 6.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 2.24 % · percentile 83 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
openssl
NVD status
Deferred

Description

Issue summary: A timing side-channel which could potentially allow remote recovery of the private key exists in the SM2 algorithm implementation on 64 bit ARM platforms. Impact summary: A timing side-channel in SM2 signature computations on 64 bit ARM platforms could allow recovering the private key by an attacker.. While remote key recovery over a network was not attempted by the reporter, timing measurements revealed a timing signal which may allow such an attack. OpenSSL does not directly support certificates with SM2 keys in TLS, and so this CVE is not relevant in most TLS contexts. However, given that it is possible to add support for such certificates via a custom provider, coupled with the fact that in such a custom provider context the private key may be recoverable via remote timing measurements, we consider this to be a Moderate severity issue. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as SM2 is not an approved algorithm.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-385 — Covert Timing Channel

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:LCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:LNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
OpenSSL · OpenSSLaffected 3.5.0 < 3.5.4 ; affected 3.4.0 < 3.4.3 ; affected 3.3.0 < 3.3.5 ; affected 3.2.0 < 3.2.6

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD