{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"GHSA-w7pp-m8wf-vj6r","published":"2023-02-07T20:54:10Z","modified":"2026-03-30T14:42:44.815856Z","aliases":["CVE-2023-23931","PYSEC-2023-11"],"related":["CGA-9xvp-xxj7-3h47"],"summary":"Cipher.update_into can corrupt memory if passed an immutable python object as the outbuf","details":"Previously, `Cipher.update_into` would accept Python objects which implement the buffer protocol, but provide only immutable buffers:\n\n```pycon\n>>> outbuf = b\"\\x00\" * 32\n>>> c = ciphers.Cipher(AES(b\"\\x00\" * 32), modes.ECB()).encryptor()\n>>> c.update_into(b\"\\x00\" * 16, outbuf)\n16\n>>> outbuf\nb'\\xdc\\x95\\xc0x\\xa2@\\x89\\x89\\xadH\\xa2\\x14\\x92\\x84 \\x87\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00'\n```\n\nThis would allow immutable objects (such as `bytes`) to be mutated, thus violating fundamental rules of Python. This is a soundness bug -- it allows programmers to misuse an API, it cannot be exploited by attacker controlled data alone.\n\nThis now correctly raises an exception.\n\nThis issue has been present since `update_into` was originally introduced in cryptography 1.8.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"cryptography","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cryptography"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.8"},{"fixed":"39.0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.8","1.8.1","1.8.2","1.9","2.0","2.0.1","2.0.2","2.0.3","2.1","2.1.1","2.1.2","2.1.3","2.1.4","2.2","2.2.1","2.2.2","2.3","2.3.1","2.4","2.4.1","2.4.2","2.5","2.6","2.6.1","2.7","2.8","2.9","2.9.1","2.9.2","3.0","3.1","3.1.1","3.2","3.2.1","3.3","3.3.1","3.3.2","3.4","3.4.1","3.4.2","3.4.3","3.4.4","3.4.5","3.4.6","3.4.7","3.4.8","35.0.0","36.0.0","36.0.1","36.0.2","37.0.0","37.0.1","37.0.2","37.0.3","37.0.4","38.0.0","38.0.1","38.0.2","38.0.3","38.0.4","39.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/02/GHSA-w7pp-m8wf-vj6r/GHSA-w7pp-m8wf-vj6r.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-w7pp-m8wf-vj6r"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23931"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/8230"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/d6951dca25de45abd52da51b608055371fbcde4e"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cryptography/PYSEC-2023-11.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00012.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230324-0007"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-754"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-02-07T20:54:10Z","nvd_published_at":"2023-02-07T21:15:00Z","severity":"MODERATE"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}