CVE-2020-28498

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.8 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
snykCNA
6.8 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 88%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
indutnyelliptic
𝑥
< 6.5.4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
node-elliptic
bookworm
6.5.4~dfsg-2
fixed
bullseye
6.5.4~dfsg-1
fixed
buster
no-dsa
sid
6.5.7+dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
6.5.7+dfsg-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
node-elliptic
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
needs-triage
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1069836
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-1064899
https://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1069836
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-1064899