
CVE catalog
CVE-2025-66442
In Mbed TLS through 4.0.0, there is a compiler-induced timing side channel (in RSA and CBC/ECB decryption) that only occurs with LLVM's select-optimize feature. TF-PSA-Crypto through 1.0.0 is also aff
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.27% · Oct 25, 2026
In Mbed TLS through 4.0.0, there is a compiler-induced timing side channel (in RSA and CBC/ECB decryption) that only occurs with LLVM's select-optimize feature. TF-PSA-Crypto through 1.0.0 is also affected.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mbedtls | sid | 3.6.7-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mbedtls | forky | 3.6.7-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mbedtls | trixie | 3.6.6-0.1~deb13u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mbedtls | bookworm | 2.28.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | mbedtls | Not reported | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Cpe | mbed_tls | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | tf-psa-crypto | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mbedtls | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mbedtls | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mbedtls | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mbedtls | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libmbedcrypto7]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
2.28.3-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
2.28.3-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
- [libmbedtls14]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
2.28.3-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
2.28.3-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
- [libmbedtls-dev]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
2.28.3-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
2.28.3-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
- [libmbedtls-doc]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
2.28.3-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
2.28.3-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
- [libmbedx509-1]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
2.28.3-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
2.28.3-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · bookworm; nvd · mbedtls · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libmbedcrypto16]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
- [libmbedtls21]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
- [libmbedtls-dev]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
- [libmbedtls-doc]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
- [libmbedx509-7]Affected
Source package: [mbedtls]
Details (2)
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
3.6.5-0.1~deb13u1· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · mbedtls · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66442]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66442]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-66442]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-66442.json]
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