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Security checkSeptember 06, 2023

Elliptic Uses a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

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Medium severitynpmelliptic

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Description

The npm package elliptic before version 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 secp256k1 curve.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 6.5.4
  • Patched version(s): 6.5.4

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