CVE-2020-28498

Cryptographic Issues

Published Feb 2, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0704 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r9p9-mrjm-926w Elliptic Uses a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Indutny
Indutny elliptic
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elliptic_project:elliptic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* cpe:2.3:a:indutny:elliptic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Elliptic Project
Elliptic Project elliptic
Indutny
Indutny elliptic
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
snyk
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 2:00 AM
Reserved
Nov 12, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 2, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM