CVSS 3.1
9.1 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCVE-2024-48949
Critical (9.1) in indutny elliptic. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in elliptic 6.5.6.
The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits "sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg()" validation.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-347
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- indutny:elliptic
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr | npm | elliptic | <6.5.6 | 6.5.6 |
References
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-cryptography-bugs-in-the-elliptic-library-using-wycheproof/
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/7ac5360118f74eb02da73bdf9f24fd0c72ff5281
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/compare/v6.5.5...v6.5.6
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0003/