CWE-329Variant

Generation of Predictable IV with CBC Mode

Draft in the CWE catalog · 11 CVEs mapped

11
CVEs mapped
5.0
Median CVSS
What it is

The product generates and uses a predictable initialization Vector (IV) with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) Mode, which causes algorithms to be susceptible to dictionary attacks when they are encrypted under the same key.

Recent examples
7.5cvss
CVE-2025-59322

CVE-2025-59322 - HIGH Severity Vulnerability

CPSD CryptoPro Secure Disk for Bitlocker before v7.7.4 fails to properly handle decryption errors and allows encrypted volumes to be mounted as plaintext.

HIGHno explanation yet
0%
epss
4.4cvss
CVE-2026-14969

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: static initialization vector in aes-cbc/3des-cbc attribute encryption

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base where the LDBM backend attribute encryption uses a hardcoded static initialization vector for AES-CBC and 3DES-CBC operations, allowing an attacker with privileged filesystem access to detect plaintext equality across encrypted entries by comparing ciphertext blocks.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
5.0cvss
CVE-2024-56141

Minosoft has IV equal to key

Minosoft is an open-source, multi-version Minecraft Java Edition client written in Kotlin. Starting in commit f1ae30e2b046a490026a8413b075685deb795122, the CryptManager  encryption routine ( CryptManager.kt ) initializes its AES cipher using an initialization vector (IV) that is set equal to the secret key rather than to a sufficiently random value. Because the IV is not random and is derived directly from the key, the encryption is vulnerable to chosen-ciphertext/chosen-plaintext attacks: an attacker who can submit specific messages for encryption can recover the secret key. This affects all versions supporting Minecraft protocol 1.7 and later. No patched version is available, and no known workarounds are available.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-329
Abstraction
Variant
Structure
Simple
Status
Draft
References (3)