Possible private key restoration in go package github.com/ecies/go
Priority LOW 22CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
ecies is an Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1 in Golang. If funcations Encapsulate(), Decapsulate() and ECDH() could be called by an attacker, they could recover any private key that interacts with it. This vulnerability was patched in 2.0.8. Users are advised to upgrade.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00335 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed go (ecies): 2.0.8github.com/ecies/go/v2 (Go): 2.0.8
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ecies | go | before 2.0.8 | 2.0.8 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/ecies/go/v2 (Go) | before 2.0.8 | 2.0.8 | Patch available | GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h |
- go Vendorecies Affected before 2.0.8 Fixed in 2.0.8 Patch available CNA
- github.com/ecies/go/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.0.8 Fixed in 2.0.8 Patch available GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h
Remediation
- Fix · CNA go (ecies) Fixed in 2.0.8
- Fix · GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h github.com/ecies/go/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.0.8 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-49292
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h
References
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2023-49292 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-49292 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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