Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 19, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-36421

Description

An issue was discovered in Arm Mbed TLS before 2.23.0. Because of a side channel in modular exponentiation, an RSA private key used in a secure enclave could be disclosed.

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Affected products

Arm/MbedTLSllm-fuzzy2 versions
<2.23.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.23.0
- cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.16.7
Arm/Mbed TLSdescription
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

bugs.gentoo.org/730752nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/issues/3394nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.7nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.23.0nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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