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Incorrect Calculation in the MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 6, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

npm msrcrypto (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.5.8

Patched versions

1.5.8

Description

A Security Feature Bypass vulnerability exists in the MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library that is caused by multiple bugs in the library's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) implementation.An attacker could potentially abuse these bugs to learn information about a server's private ECC key (a key leakage attack) or craft an invalid ECDSA signature that nevertheless passes as valid.The security update addresses the vulnerability by fixing the bugs disclosed in the ECC implementation, aka MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 15, 2020
Reviewed May 25, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 6, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-1026

GHSA ID

GHSA-9x9j-836w-8f55

Source code

No known source code
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