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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-0296 · published 17 January 2023

CVE-2023-0296: Redhat openshift broken cryptographic algorithm vulnerability

Redhat · Openshift

The Birthday attack against 64-bit block ciphers flaw (CVE-2016-2183) was reported for the health checks port (9979) on etcd grpc-proxy component. Even though the CVE-2016-2183 has been fixed in the etcd components, to enable periodic health checks from kubelet, it was necessary to open up a new port (9979) on etcd grpc-proxy, hence this port might be considered as still vulnerable to the same type of vulnerability. The health checks on etcd grpc-proxy do not contain sensitive data (only metrics data), therefore the potential impact related to this vulnerability is minimal. The CVE-2023-0296 has been assigned to this issue to track the permanent fix in the etcd component.

5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.32% · top 77.3% CWE-327 · Broken cryptographic algorithm
5.3CVSS 3.1 base score
0.32%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Birthday attack against 64-bit block ciphers flaw (CVE-2016-2183) was reported for the health checks port (9979) on etcd grpc-proxy component. Even though the CVE-2016-2183 has been fixed in the etcd components, to enable periodic health checks from kubelet, it was necessary to open up a new port (9979) on etcd grpc-proxy, hence this port might be considered as still vulnerable to the same type of vulnerability. The health checks on etcd grpc-proxy do not contain sensitive data (only metrics data), therefore the potential impact related to this vulnerability is minimal. The CVE-2023-0296 has been assigned to this issue to track the permanent fix in the etcd component.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161287 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161287 Issue Tracking

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-0296), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.