Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-27560

HighDDoS

Published: 03 March 2023

Published
03 March 2023
Modified
06 March 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 50.7th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-27560 is a high-severity Infinite Loop (CWE-835) vulnerability in Phpseclib Phpseclib. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 49.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Math/PrimeField.php in phpseclib 3.x before 3.0.19 has an infinite loop with composite primefields.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

phpseclib
phpseclib
3.0.0 — 3.0.19

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-835

Enables transfer to alternate site if an infinite loop at the primary renders processing unavailable.

addresses: CWE-835

Detects and mitigates infinite loops that produce sustained resource consumption.

References