CVE-2020-8911

CBC padding oracle in AWS S3 Crypto SDK for GoLang

MEDIUM
5.6
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2020 at 07:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAWS S3 Crypto SDK

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Severity
MEDIUM5.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

A padding oracle vulnerability exists in the AWS S3 Crypto SDK for GoLang versions prior to V2. The SDK allows users to encrypt files with AES-CBC without computing a Message Authentication Code (MAC), which then allows an attacker who has write access to the target's S3 bucket and can observe whether or not an endpoint with access to the key can decrypt a file, they can reconstruct the plaintext with (on average) 128*length (plaintext) queries to the endpoint, by exploiting CBC's ability to manipulate the bytes of the next block and PKCS5 padding errors. It is recommended to update your SDK to V2 or later, and re-encrypt your files.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.0stable ≤ v ≤ V1stable
Affected range stops below 2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

5.6MEDIUMGoogle
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-327

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