Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting org.webjars.npm:elliptic package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8184979
  • published 13 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:elliptic is a Fast elliptic-curve cryptography in a plain javascript implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature due to improper range validation of the S value in the verify function, allowing the usage of an invalid signature.

Note:

This vulnerability could have a security-relevant impact if an application relies on the uniqueness of a signature.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    Low
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    Low
  • Availability (SA)
    None