tiny-secp256k1 is a tiny secp256k1 native/JS wrapper. Prior to version 1.1.7, a private key can be extracted on signing a malicious JSON-stringifiable object, when global Buffer is the buffer package. This affects only environments where require('buffer') is the NPM buffer package. The Buffer.isBuffer check can be bypassed, resulting in k reuse for different messages, leading to private key extraction over a single invalid message (and a second one for which any message/signature could be taken, e.g. previously known valid one). This issue has been patched in version 1.1.7.
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Description | tiny-secp256k1 is a tiny secp256k1 native/JS wrapper. Prior to version 1.1.7, a private key can be extracted on signing a malicious JSON-stringifiable object, when global Buffer is the buffer package. This affects only environments where require('buffer') is the NPM buffer package. The Buffer.isBuffer check can be bypassed, resulting in k reuse for different messages, leading to private key extraction over a single invalid message (and a second one for which any message/signature could be taken, e.g. previously known valid one). This issue has been patched in version 1.1.7. | |
Title | tiny-secp256k1 vulnerable to private key extraction when signing a malicious JSON-stringifyable message in bundled environment | |
Weaknesses | CWE-522 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2025-07-01T02:07:06.631Z
Updated: 2025-07-01T13:16:57.518Z
Reserved: 2024-10-14T13:56:34.810Z
Link: CVE-2024-49364

Updated: 2025-07-01T13:16:51.249Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-01T03:15:21.163
Modified: 2025-07-03T15:14:12.767
Link: CVE-2024-49364

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