CVE-2020-8897

A weak robustness vulnerability exists in the AWS Encryption SDKs for Java, Python, C and Javalcript prior to versions 2.0.0. Due to the non-committing property of AES-GCM (and other AEAD ciphers such as AES-GCM-SIV or (X)ChaCha20Poly1305) used by the SDKs to encrypt messages, an attacker can craft a unique cyphertext which will decrypt to multiple different results, and becomes especially relevant in a multi-recipient setting. We recommend users update their SDK to 2.0.0 or later.

• CWE-310
• CWE-327

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/improved-client-side-encryption-explicit-keyids-and-key-commitment/Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-wqgp-vphw-hphfExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/improved-client-side-encryption-explicit-keyids-and-key-commitment/Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-wqgp-vphw-hphfExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 16, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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