Infinite loop Affecting std/crypto/elliptic package, versions <1.10.8>=1.11.0-0 <1.11.5
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed24 May 2022
- creditWycheproof Project
Introduced: 24 May 2022
CVE-2019-6486 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/crypto/elliptic to version 1.10.8, 1.11.5 or higher.
Overview
std/crypto/elliptic is a Go standard library package std/crypto/elliptic
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop.
Go Vulnerability Report:
via the crypto/elliptic process. An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption or potentially recover private keys by supplying specially crafted inputs through mechanisms such as TLS handshakes, X.509 certificates, JWT tokens, ECDH shares, or ECDSA signatures. This is only exploitable if an ECDH private key is reused more than once.