Is CVE-2024-50382 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50382 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-07-10.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50382?

CVE-2024-50382 has a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2024-50382?

Patch guidance is available from botan project security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-50382.

Which products are affected by CVE-2024-50382?

1 product: botan project botan.

CVE-2024-50382 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

Botan before 3.6.0, when certain LLVM versions are used, has compiler-induced secret-dependent control flow in lib/utils/ghash/ghash.cpp in GHASH in AES-GCM. There is a branch instead of an XOR with carry. This was observed for Clang in LLVM 15 on RISC-V.

CVSS Metrics

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 Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-203

Metadata

Primary Vendor: BOTAN_PROJECT
Published: 10/23/2024
Last Modified: 7/10/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

botan_project : botan

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2024-50382. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2024-50382

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CVE-2024-50382 vulnerability