cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Calling `load_pem_pkcs7_certificates` or `load_der_pkcs7_certificates` could lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault. Exploitation of this vulnerability poses a serious risk of Denial of Service (DoS) for any application attempting to deserialize a PKCS7 blob/certificate. The consequences extend to potential disruptions in system availability and stability. This vulnerability has been patched in version 41.0.6.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade python3.11-cryptographyUpgrade python3-cryptography | May 8, 2024 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade python3-cryptographyUpgrade python-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade python3-cryptography-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Nov 28, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade python-cryptography | Oct 18, 2024 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025086 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Feb 20, 2025 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-python/cryptography. | Jul 3, 2024 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade python3-cryptography | Jan 29, 2024 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade python3-cryptographyUpgrade python3.11-cryptography | Jan 18, 2024 | Nov 28, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade python3.11-cryptography-debuginfoUpgrade python3-cryptography-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade python-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade python3.11-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade python3-cryptographyUpgrade python3.11-cryptography | May 1, 2024 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade python3-cryptographyUpgrade python3.11-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade python3.11-cryptographyUpgrade python-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade python3.11-cryptography-debuginfoUpgrade python3-cryptography-debuginfo | May 13, 2024 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python311-cryptographyUpgrade python3-cryptographyUpgrade python2-cryptography | Dec 19, 2023 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3-cryptography | Dec 7, 2023 | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 29, 2023 |
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