Medium severity · published Feb 8, 2023
CVE-2022-4304
Timing Oracle in RSA Decryption
5.9
CVSS
23.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A timing based side channel exists in the OpenSSL RSA Decryption implementation
which could be sufficient to recover a plaintext across a network in a
Bleichenbacher style attack. To achieve a successful decryption an attacker
would have to be able to send a very large number of trial messages for
decryption. The vulnerability affects all RSA padding modes: PKCS#1 v1.5,
RSA-OEAP and RSASVE.
For example, in a TLS connection, RSA is commonly used by a client to send an
encrypted pre-master secret to the server. An attacker that had observed a
genuine connection between a client and a server could use this flaw to send
trial messages to the server and record the time taken to process them. After a
sufficiently large number of messages the attacker could recover the pre-master
secret used for the original connection and thus be able to decrypt the
application data sent over that connection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.5% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenSSL · OpenSSL
3.0.0 before 3.0.8; 1.1.1 before 1.1.1t; 1.0.2 before 1.0.2zg · source: vendor, NVD
ES
Endpoint Security · Stormshield
before 7.2.40 · source: NVD
SS
Sslvpn · Stormshield
before 3.2.1 · source: NVD
SN
Stormshield Network Security · Stormshield
2.7.0 before 2.7.11; 2.8.0 before 3.7.34; 3.8.0 before 3.11.22; 4.0.0 before 4.3.16; 4.4.0 before 4.6.3 · source: NVD
SW
SCALANCE W1750D (JP) · Siemens
before V8.10.0.9 · source: CISA
SW
SCALANCE W1750D (ROW) · Siemens
before V8.10.0.9 · source: CISA
SW
SCALANCE W1750D (USA) · Siemens
before V8.10.0.9 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
In the news
VulnerabilityMedium
Hitachi Energy GMS600
View CSAF
Summary
Hitachi Energy is aware of the vulnerability, CVE-2022-4304 in the OSS component OpenSSL, that affects the GMS600 versions that are listed below. An attacker successfully exploiting this vulnerability could send trial messages to the server and record the time taken to process them. After a sufficiently large number of messages the attacker could recover the pre-master secret used for the original connection and thus be able to decrypt the application data sent over that connection. For immediate mitigation /workaround information, please refer to the General Mitigation Factors/Workarounds
The following versions of Hitachi Energy GMS600 are affected:
GMS600 vers:GMS600/>=1.3.0|<=1.3.1 (CVE-2022-4304)
CVSS
Vendor
Equipment
Vulnerabilities
v3 5.9
Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy GMS600
Observable Discrepancy
Background
Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Critical Manufacturing
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Switzerland
Vulnerabilities
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CVE-2022-4304
A timing-based side channel exists in the OpenSSL RSA Decryption implementation which could be sufficient to recover a plaintext across a network in a Bleichenbacher style attack. To achieve a successful decryption an attacker would have to be able to send a very large number of trial messages for decryption. The vulnerability affects all RSA padding modes: PKCS#1 v1.5, RSA-O...
May 21, 2026·CISA Advisories
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4304
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4304
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-08
Vendor Advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230207.txt
psirt.global.sonicwall.com
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0003
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-203374.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-264814.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-337522.html
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