CVE-2015-7764
Lemur uses static IV per key
Lemur 0.1.4 does not use sufficient entropy in its IV when encrypting AES in CBC mode.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
Lemur 0.1.4 does not use sufficient entropy in its IV when encrypting AES in CBC mode.
- Record
CVE-2015-7764- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Lemur 0.1.4 does not use sufficient entropy in its IV when encrypting AES in CBC mode.
- Record
CVE-2015-7764- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0069 No score
Lemur 0.1.4 does not use sufficient entropy in its IV when encrypting AES in CBC mode.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0069- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-chg9-3c3p-ch23
8.7
Lemur uses static IV per key
Lemur 0.1.4 does not use sufficient entropy in its IV when encrypting AES in CBC mode.
- Record
GHSA-chg9-3c3p-ch23- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-chg9-3c3p-ch23
8.7
Lemur uses static IV per key
Lemur 0.1.4 does not use sufficient entropy in its IV when encrypting AES in CBC mode.
- Record
GHSA-chg9-3c3p-ch23- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-50 No score
Lemur 0.1.4 does not use sufficient entropy in its IV when encrypting AES in CBC mode.
- Record
PYSEC-2017-50- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-7764 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Netflix Lemur, published August 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.51%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in lemur 0.1.5.
References
github.com/Netflix/lemur/issues/117
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/20/3
github.com/kvesteri/sqlalchemy-utils/issues/166
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7764
github.com/Netflix/lemur/commit/394e18f76e5eb534d95160945ebc231ec3b4c794
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/lemur/PYSEC-2017-50.yaml
github.com/advisories/GHSA-chg9-3c3p-ch23
github.com/Netflix/lemur