CVE-2026-33936

EUVD-2026-16856
The `ecdsa` PyPI package is a pure Python implementation of ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) with support for ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), EdDSA (Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm) and ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman). Prior to version 0.19.2, an issue in the low-level DER parsing functions can cause unexpected exceptions to be raised from the public API functions. `ecdsa.der.remove_octet_string()` accepts truncated DER where the encoded length exceeds the available buffer. For example, an OCTET STRING that declares a length of 4096 bytes but provides only 3 bytes is parsed successfully instead of being rejected. Because of that, a crafted DER input can cause `SigningKey.from_der()` to raise an internal exception (`IndexError: index out of bounds on dimension 1`) rather than cleanly rejecting malformed DER (e.g., raising `UnexpectedDER` or `ValueError`). Applications that parse untrusted DER private keys may crash if they do not handle unexpected exceptions, resulting in a denial of service. Version 0.19.2 patches the issue.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 16%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
tlsfuzzerecdsa
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< 0.19.2
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
python-ecdsa
bookworm
no-dsa
bullseye
postponed
forky
0.19.2-1
fixed
sid
0.19.2-1
fixed
trixie
no-dsa
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openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
python3-ecdsa
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
0.13.3-150000.3.10.1
fixed
python311-ecdsa
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
0.18.0-150400.12.6.1
fixed