GO-2023-2380

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Source

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-2380

Import Source

https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2023-2380.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GO-2023-2380

Aliases

Published

2023-12-11T15:30:30Z

Modified

2024-05-20T16:03:47Z

Summary

Private key recovery via invalid curve point in github.com/ecies/go/v2

Details

An attacker may be able to recover private keys due to a bug in the ECDH function.

The library does not check whether the provided public key is on the curve, which means that an attacker can create a public key that is not on the curve and use it to recover the private key.

A workaround is to manually check that the public key is valid by calling the IsOnCurve function from the secp256k1 libraries.

Database specific

{
    "review_status": "REVIEWED",
    "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-2380"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/ecies/go/v2

Package

Name: github.com/ecies/go/v2; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/ecies/go/v2

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.0.8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "imports": [
        {
            "symbols": [
                "Decrypt",
                "Encrypt",
                "PrivateKey.ECDH",
                "PrivateKey.Encapsulate",
                "PublicKey.Decapsulate"
            ],
            "path": "github.com/ecies/go/v2"
        }
    ]
}