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tpm2-tools — security advisory
A flaw was found in tpm2-tools in versions before 5.1.1 and before 4.3.2. tpm2_import used a fixed AES key for the inner wrapper, potentially allowing a MITM attacker to unwrap the inner portion and reveal the key being imported. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
- Products
- tpm2-tools
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.0-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-3565
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in tpm2-tools in versions before 5.1.1 and before 4.3.2. tpm2_import used a fixed AES key for the inner wrapper, potentially allowing a MITM attacker to unwrap the inner portion and reveal the key being imported. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3565
tpm2-tools
Fixed versions: 5.0-2
tpm2-tools
Fixed versions: 5.0-2
tpm2-tools
Fixed versions: 5.0-2
Complete source record
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