Elliptic allows BER-encoded signatures

Description

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.

Recommendation

Update the elliptic package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 5.2.1, <= 6.5.6
• Patched version(s): 6.5.7

References

• GHSA-49q7-c7j4-3p7m
• security.netapp.com
• CVE-2024-42461
• CWE-347
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A2
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Valid ECDSA signatures erroneously rejected in Elliptic - CVE-2024-48948
• Elliptic's ECDSA missing check for whether leading bit of r and s is zero - CVE-2024-42460
• Elliptic's EDDSA missing signature length check - CVE-2024-42459
• pg-promise SQL Injection vulnerability - CVE-2025-29744

Tags:

npm

elliptic