CVE-2024-48948

MEDIUM EPSS 42.2%
Published Oct 15, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.8 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 15, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Elliptic package 6.5.7 for Node.js, in its for ECDSA implementation, does not correctly verify valid signatures if the hash contains at least four leading 0 bytes and when the order of the elliptic curve's base point is smaller than the hash, because of an _truncateToN anomaly. This leads to valid signatures being rejected. Legitimate transactions or communications may be incorrectly flagged as invalid.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.8
Exploitability
2.2
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
42.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-347

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
indutnyelliptic6.5.7any

References 4

  • blog.trailofbits.com https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-cryptography-bugs-in-the-elliptic-library-using-wycheproof/
  • github.com https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/issues/321
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • github.com https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/322
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241220-0004/
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.