INFSA-2025:15608: python3.12-cryptography security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2025:15608

Type: security

Release date: 2025-09-19 16:02:12 UTC

Information about package

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2024-26130

    A flaw was discovered in python-cryptography. A NULL pointer dereference can be triggered when a PKCS#12 key and certificate do not match. Specifically, if the pkcs12.serialize_key_and_certificates function is called with a non-matching certificate and private key and an encryption algorithm with hmac_hash set, the Python process may crash, leading to a denial of service.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 7.5 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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