CVE-2021-3446

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

A flaw was found in libtpms in versions before 0.8.2. The commonly used integration of libtpms with OpenSSL contained a vulnerability related to the returned IV (initialization vector) when certain symmetric ciphers were used. Instead of returning the last IV it returned the initial IV to the caller, thus weakening the subsequent encryption and decryption steps. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3446

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3446.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed0.8.2-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0.8.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.8.2-1
debian debiansidfixed0.8.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.8.2-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.