🛡️ CVE-2021-42583 — maddy

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-327 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Max Mazurov Maddy

A Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm exists in Max Mazurov Maddy before 0.5.2, which is an unnecessary risk that may result in the exposure of sensitive information.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-42583 is classified as CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. An algorithm with known weaknesses is used, so the protection it appears to give does not hold.

Affected software

CVE-2021-42583 is recorded against 1 package.

  • github.com/foxcpp/maddy

Timeline and source

Published on 6 January 2022 and last revised on 3 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-327
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-01-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-03-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/foxcpp/maddy — —

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