CVE-2020-8897

high

Description

A weak robustness vulnerability exists in the AWS Encryption SDKs for Java, Python, C and Javalcript prior to versions 2.0.0. Due to the non-committing property of AES-GCM (and other AEAD ciphers such as AES-GCM-SIV or (X)ChaCha20Poly1305) used by the SDKs to encrypt messages, an attacker can craft a unique cyphertext which will decrypt to multiple different results, and becomes especially relevant in a multi-recipient setting. We recommend users update their SDK to 2.0.0 or later.

References

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-AWSENCRYPTIONSDK-1040474

https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-wqgp-vphw-hphf

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/improved-client-side-encryption-explicit-keyids-and-key-commitment/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-16

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00092