Vulnerability in Indutny Elliptic

CVE-2020-28498

The package elliptic before 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…

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28498?
CVE-2020-28498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Indutny Elliptic, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-28498?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-28498 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.