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CVE-2020-28498 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1069836 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-1064899 Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-28498
NVD Published Date:
02/02/2021
NVD Last Modified:
10/16/2024
Source:
Snyk