CVE-2021-34558

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 15, 2021 at 01:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:56 AM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraGoStorageGRID

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

Description

The crypto/tls package of Go through 1.16.5 does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange, allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.

Affected

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

v < 1.15.141.16.0 ≤ v < 1.16.6
Affected range stops below 1.15.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.16.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
All versions
v < 21.1.1.1.0
Affected range stops below 21.1.1.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295

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