# CVE-2023-1672: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-07-11 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- n/a tang: version range not reported
- tang: version range not reported
- tang: version range not reported
- tang: version range not reported
- tang: version range not reported

## Description

A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same host.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a tang, tang, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1672
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180999
- https://github.com/latchset/tang/commit/8dbbed10870378f1b2c3cf3df2ea7edca7617096
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/15/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00004.html

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