Medium
Security advisory
The pointer-validation logic in util/mem_util.rs in Occlum before 0.26.0 for Intel SGX acts as a confused deputy that allows a local attacker to access unauthorized information via side-channel analysis.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-44421
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The pointer-validation logic in util/mem_util.rs in Occlum before 0.26.0 for Intel SGX acts as a confused deputy that allows a local attacker to access unauthorized information via side-channel analysis.
osv:CVE-2021-44421
Complete source record
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