tiny-secp256k1 allows for verify() bypass when running in bundled environment

Description

A malicious JSON-stringifyable message can be made passing on verify(), when global Buffer is buffer package

Recommendation

Update the tiny-secp256k1 package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): <= 1.1.6
• Patched version(s): 1.1.7

References

• GHSA-5vhg-9xg4-cv9m
• CVE-2024-49365
• CWE-347
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A2
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• tiny-secp256k1 vulnerable to private key extraction when signing a malicious JSON-stringifyable message in bundled envir - CVE-2024-49364
• AngularJS allows attackers to bypass common image source restrictions - CVE-2024-8372
• AngularJS allows attackers to bypass common image source restrictions (GHSA-mqm9-c95h-x2p6) - CVE-2024-8373
• secp256k1-node allows private key extraction over ECDH - CVE-2024-48930

Tags:

npm

tiny-secp256k1