Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting nss package, versions <2:3.25-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.99% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NSS-18169789
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed1 Aug 2018

Introduced: 1 Aug 2018

CVE-2016-8635  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest nss to version 2:3.25-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss package and not the nss package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

It was found that Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling in NSS 3.21.x was vulnerable to small subgroup confinement attack. An attacker could use this flaw to recover private keys by confining the client DH key to small subgroup of the desired group.