Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting std/crypto/internal/nistec package, versions <1.19.7>=1.20.0-0 <1.20.2
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed8 Mar 2023
- creditGuido Vranken
Introduced: 8 Mar 2023
CVE-2023-24532 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/crypto/internal/nistec to version 1.19.7, 1.20.2 or higher.
Overview
std/crypto/internal/nistec is a Go standard library package std/crypto/internal/nistec
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling.
Go Vulnerability Report:
in the ScalarMult or ScalarBaseMult process when provided with certain unreduced scalars, which are values larger than the order of the curve. An attacker can cause incorrect cryptographic computations by supplying such scalars.