# CVE-2026-44368: PyQuorum: Timing side‑channel in mul\_mod

- Also known as: GHSA-7R92-3JGR-R65Q, PYSEC-2026-3028
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.1
- Published: 2026-05-13 · Updated: 2026-05-15

## Affected

- svvqt pyquorum: fixed in 0.2.1
- pyquorum (PyPI): fixed in 0.2.1

## Description

PyQuorum is a cryptographic library for secret sharing and key management. Prior to 0.2.1, the mul_mod function implements multiplication via a binary expansion loop whose execution time depends on the Hamming weight of the second operand (the exponent). An attacker who can measure the time of secret‑sharing operations (e.g., via a remote service) could progressively recover the values of shares, ultimately leading to secret reconstruction. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on svvqt pyquorum, pyquorum, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/svvqt/pyquorum/security/advisories/GHSA-7r92-3jgr-r65q

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