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CVE-2006-1115
nCipher HSM before 2.22.6, when generating a Diffie-Hellman public/private key pair without any specified DiscreteLogGroup parameters,…
Low2.6EPSS 1.2%
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- mitre
Description
nCipher HSM before 2.22.6, when generating a Diffie-Hellman public/private key pair without any specified DiscreteLogGroup parameters, chooses random parameters that could allow an attacker to crack the private key in significantly less time than a brute force attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- ADV-2006-0862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060308 nCipher Advisory #12: Insecure Generation of Diffie-Hellman keys (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ncipher-hsm-weak-key(25060) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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