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CVE-2020-28498
Elliptic Uses a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Description
The npm package elliptic before version 6.5.4 are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues via the secp256k1 implementation in elliptic/ec/key.js. There is no check to confirm that the public key point passed into the derive function actually exists on the secp256k1 curve. This results in the potential for the private key used in this implementation to be revealed after a number of ECDH operations are performed.
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Score
Severity
Ecosystem
JavaScript
Publish Date
March 8, 2021
Modified Date
January 14, 2025
Score Vector
Affected Versions

