GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr
Elliptic's verify function omits uniqueness validation
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48949
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Description
The Elliptic package 6.5.5 for Node.js for EDDSA implementation does not perform the required check if the signature proof(s) is within the bounds of the order n of the base point of the elliptic curve, leading to signature malleability. Namely, the `verify` function in `lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js` omits `sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg()` validation. This vulnerability could have a security-relevant impact if an application relies on the uniqueness of a signature.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · elliptic | introduced 0, fixed 6.5.6 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48949 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/7ac5360118f74eb02da73bdf9f24fd0c72ff5281 WEB
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-cryptography-bugs-in-the-elliptic-library-using-wycheproof WEB
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic PACKAGE
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/compare/v6.5.5...v6.5.6 WEB
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0003 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |