The package elliptic before 6.5.4 are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues via the secp256k1 implementation in elliptic/ec/key.js. There is no check to confirm that the public key point passed into the derive function actually exists on the secp256k1 curve. This results in the potential for the private key used in this implementation to be revealed after a number of ECDH operations are performed.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-1064899 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md | Third Party Advisory |
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1069836 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f | Patch Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2021-02-02 11:15
Updated : 2021-02-08 09:35
NVD link : CVE-2020-28498
Mitre link : CVE-2020-28498
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CWE
CWE-327
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Products Affected
elliptic_project
- elliptic