CVE-2021-32791
mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID Connect Provider.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID Connect Provider. In mod_auth_openidc before version 2.4.9, the AES GCM encryption in mod_auth_openidc uses a static IV and AAD. It is important to fix because this creates a static nonce and since aes-gcm is a stream cipher, this can lead to known cryptographic issues, since the same key is being reused. From 2.4.9 onwards this has been patched to use dynamic values through usage of cjose AES encryption routines.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-323, CWE-330
- Affected
- openidc/mod auth openidc · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/commit/375407c16c61a70b56fdbe13b0d2c8f11398e92cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/releases/tag/v2.4.9Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/security/advisories/GHSA-px3c-6x7j-3r9rPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZVF6BSJLRQZ7PFFR4X5JSU6KUJYNOCU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QXAWKPT5LXZSUTFSJ6IWSZC7RMYYQXQD/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/commit/375407c16c61a70b56fdbe13b0d2c8f11398e92cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/releases/tag/v2.4.9Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/security/advisories/GHSA-px3c-6x7j-3r9rPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZVF6BSJLRQZ7PFFR4X5JSU6KUJYNOCU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QXAWKPT5LXZSUTFSJ6IWSZC7RMYYQXQD/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.