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HistoryMar 08, 2021 - 4:06 p.m.

Elliptic Uses a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

2021-03-0816:06:50
Google
osv.dev
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elliptic
npm package
private key exposure
insecure implementation
secp256k1 curve
ecdh operations

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

45.6%

The npm package elliptic before version 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.

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

45.6%