Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.56% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: tang (AlmaLinux:8) 7-8.el8; tang (AlmaLinux:9) 14-2.el9; tang (Debian:10) 7-1+deb10u2.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to tang (AlmaLinux:8) 7-8.el8; tang (AlmaLinux:9) 14-2.el9; tang (Debian:10) 7-1+deb10u2 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- Jul 11, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 46th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-362
Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.3
- CNA · redhat
- 5.3
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
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What does it mean in your environment?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| tang project | tang | cpe:2.3:a:tang_project:tang |
| fedoraproject | fedora | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora |
| redhat | enterprise linux | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- fedoraproject fedora38
- redhat enterprise linux8.0
- redhat enterprise linux9.0
- tang project tangbefore 14
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Fedora Fedora
- all versionsaffected
n/a tang
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- all versionsaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | tang | before 7-8.el8 | 7-8.el8 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | tang | before 14-2.el9 | 14-2.el9 |
| Debian:10 | tang | before 7-1+deb10u2 | 7-1+deb10u2 |
| Debian:12 | tang | before 11-2+deb12u1 | 11-2+deb12u1 |
| Debian:13 | tang | before 14-1 | 14-1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | tang | before 0:7-8.el8 | 0:7-8.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | tang-debuginfo | before 0:7-8.el8 | 0:7-8.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | tang-debugsource | before 0:7-8.el8 | 0:7-8.el8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | tang | before 0:14-2.el9 | 0:14-2.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | tang-debuginfo | before 0:14-2.el9 | 0:14-2.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | tang-debugsource | before 0:14-2.el9 | 0:14-2.el9 |
Same product
tang project: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-4076A flaw exists in tang, a network-based cryptographic binding server, which could result in leak of private keys.30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| almalinux:tang | 14-2.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:tang | 11-2+deb12u1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tang | 0:14-2.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tang-debuginfo | 0:14-2.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:tang-debugsource | 0:14-2.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.