node-elliptic — security advisory

{
  "id": "a90007fd2f685f24e06f3495cb2e6f7a1a5a78e189311bda47b1fe08608e35c2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28498",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28498",
    "summary": "The package elliptic before 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. This results in the potential for the private key used in this implementation to be revealed after a number of ECDH operations are performed.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28498",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "node-elliptic",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.5.4~dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "node-elliptic",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.5.4~dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "node-elliptic",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.5.4~dfsg-1",
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        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.5.4~dfsg-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "node-elliptic",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28498.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.5.4~dfsg-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "node-elliptic",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28498.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.5.4~dfsg-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "node-elliptic",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28498.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:01:08.653668757Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2020-28498"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28498"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-28498",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 451485,
  "published_at": "2021-02-02T19:15:13.72+00:00"
}