GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h github.com/ecies/go vulnerable to possible private key restoration
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-49292
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/ecies/go/v2
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
- Reviewed
- 2023-12-05
Affected packages
• Go github.com/ecies/go/v2: < 2.0.8 → fixed in 2.0.8
Description
Impact
If functions `Encapsulate()`, `Decapsulate()` and `ECDH()` could be called by an attacker, he could recover any private key that he interacts with.
Patches
Patched in v2.0.8
Workarounds
You could manually check public key by calling `IsOnCurve()` function from secp256k1 libraries.
References
https://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-49292 ecies is an Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1 in Golang. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://github.com/ecies/go/security/advisories/GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49292 advisory
- https://github.com/ecies/go/commit/c6e775163866d6ea5233eb8ec8530a9122101ebd web
- https://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md web
- https://github.com/ecies/go package
- https://github.com/ecies/go/releases/tag/v2.0.8 web