Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting starkbank-ecdsa package, versions <1.1.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-STARKBANKECDSA-1913038
  • published 9 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 8 Nov 2021
  • credit NCC Group

How to fix?

Upgrade starkbank-ecdsa to version 1.1.3 or higher.

Overview

starkbank-ecdsa is a fast openSSL-compatible implementation of the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature which may allow an attacker to forge signatures on arbitrary messages that will verify for any public key. This allows attackers to authenticate as any user within the platform.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.4 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None