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CVE-2020-28498

CVE-2020-28498 · Cryptographic Issues

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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.

CVSS 6.8 · Medium · EPSS 1.2% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system · node

Affected products and versions

  • elliptic

    Versions
    • < 6.5.4: Affected

    No fix published

  • node-elliptic Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 6.5.4~dfsg-1

    Update to 6.5.4~dfsg-1

  • node-elliptic Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 6.5.4~dfsg-1

    Update to 6.5.4~dfsg-1

  • node-elliptic Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 6.5.4~dfsg-1

    Update to 6.5.4~dfsg-1

  • elliptic npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: < 6.5.4

    Update to 6.5.4

  • node-elliptic Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.4.0+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-elliptic Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.5.1~dfsg-1
    • 6.5.1~dfsg-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-elliptic Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.5.4~dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-elliptic Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.5.4~dfsg-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-elliptic Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 6.6.1+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-elliptic Ubuntu:26.10

    Versions
    • 6.6.1+dfsg+~6.4.18-1
    • 6.6.1+dfsg+~6.4.18-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-elliptic Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.6.1+dfsg-1
    • 6.6.1+dfsg+~6.4.18-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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