CVE-2024-42461

9.1 criticalEPSS 0.6%

Critical (9.1) in elliptic project elliptic. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in elliptic 6.5.7.

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.

Severity

9.1 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-347
Published: 2024-08-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-49q7-c7j4-3p7m	npm	elliptic	>=5.2.1 <6.5.7	6.5.7