Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting net.i2p.crypto:eddsa package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-NETI2PCRYPTO-9402849
  • published13 Mar 2025
  • disclosed13 Mar 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Mar 2025

CVE-2020-36843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for net.i2p.crypto:eddsa.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in the x_engineVerify() method in EdDSAEngine.java, which does not comply with RFC 8032 specifications for signature maleability. An attacker can create new valid signatures different from previous signatures for a known message.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1