Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting tiny-secp256k1 package, versions <1.1.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-TINYSECP256K1-10775864
  • published18 Jul 2025
  • disclosed30 Jun 2025
  • creditNikita Skovoroda

Introduced: 30 Jun 2025

NewCVE-2024-49365  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tiny-secp256k1 to version 1.1.7 or higher.

Overview

tiny-secp256k1 is an A tiny secp256k1 JS

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in the verify() function when running in a bundled environment where the global Buffer is provided by the buffer package. An attacker can bypass signature verification by crafting a malicious JSON-stringifiable message that is accepted as valid, allowing false-positive verification results for known message/signature pairs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1