CVE-2026-3337

MEDIUM5.9EPSS 0.04%

Timing Side-Channel in AES-CCM Tag Verification in AWS-LC

Published: 3/3/2026Modified: 3/21/2026
Also known as:GHSA-65p9-r9h6-22vjGHSA-frmv-5gcm-jwxhCGA-fqpw-fjwp-5777RUSTSEC-2026-0043RUSTSEC-2026-0045

Description

Observable timing discrepancy in AES-CCM decryption in AWS-LC allows an unauthenticated user to potentially determine authentication tag validity via timing analysis. The impacted implementations are through the EVP CIPHER API: `EVP_aes_128_ccm`, `EVP_aes_192_ccm`, and `EVP_aes_256_ccm`. Customers of AWS services do not need to take action. `aws-lc-sys` contains code from AWS-LC. Applications using `aws-lc-sys` should upgrade to the most recent release of `aws-lc-sys`. ## Workarounds In the special cases of using AES-CCM with (M=4, L=2), (M=8, L=2), or (M=16, L=2), applications can workaround this issue by using AES-CCM through the EVP AEAD API using implementations `EVP_aead_aes_128_ccm_bluetooth`, `EVP_aead_aes_128_ccm_bluetooth_8`, and `EVP_aead_aes_128_ccm_matter` respectively. Otherwise, there is no workaround and applications using `aws-lc-sys` should upgrade to the most recent release.

Affected packages (4)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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