CVE-2026-4601

jsrsasign: jsrsasign: Private Key Recovery via Missing Cryptographic Step in DSA Signing

Published Mar 23, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9.4 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Versions of the package jsrsasign before 11.1.1 are vulnerable to Missing Cryptographic Step via the KJUR.crypto.DSA.signWithMessageHash process in the DSA signing implementation. An attacker can recover the private key by forcing r or s to be zero, so the library emits an invalid signature without retrying, and then solves for x from the resulting signature.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w8q8-93cx-6h7r jsrsasign: Missing cryptographic validation during DSA signing enables private key extraction
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Jsrsasign Project
Jsrsasign Project jsrsasign
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:jsrsasign_project:jsrsasign:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Jsrsasign Project
Jsrsasign Project jsrsasign
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title jsrsasign: jsrsasign: Private Key Recovery via Missing Cryptographic Step in DSA Signing
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Important

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kjur
Kjur jsrsasign
Vendors & Products Kjur
Kjur jsrsasign
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Versions of the package jsrsasign before 11.1.1 are vulnerable to Missing Cryptographic Step via the KJUR.crypto.DSA.signWithMessageHash process in the DSA signing implementation. An attacker can recover the private key by forcing r or s to be zero, so the library emits an invalid signature without retrying, and then solves for x from the resulting signature.
Weaknesses CWE-325
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:P'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
snyk
Published
Updated
Sep 10, 2026, 12:04 PM
Reserved
Mar 22, 2026, 4:26 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 23, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Sep 10, 2026, 1:20 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Mar 23, 2026, 5:00 AM