In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because…
Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-347Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 9 fixed, 13 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-347.
Summary
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing signature length check, and thus zero-valued bytes can be removed or appended.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00302 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial elliptic (npm): 6.5.7Red Hat: 8 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 13 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | elliptic (npm) | 4.0.0 to before 6.5.7 | 6.5.7 | Patch available | GHSA-f7q4-pwc6-w24p |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- elliptic (npm) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 6.5.7 Fixed in 6.5.7 Patch available GHSA-f7q4-pwc6-w24p
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-f7q4-pwc6-w24p elliptic (npm) Fixed in 6.5.7 Advisory →
Red Hat 8 advisories
- RHSA-2024:8546 Released 2024-10-28 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.9.5 bug fixes and container updates
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.9 for RHEL 8 rhacm2/acm-cluster-permission-rhel8, rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-addon-controller-rhel8, rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-framework-addon-rhel8 +41
- RHSA-2024:8533 Released 2024-10-28 · Red Hat rating ImportantMulticluster Engine for Kubernetes 2.4.6 security updates and bug fixes
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8 multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel8, multicluster-engine/agent-service-rhel8, multicluster-engine/apiserver-network-proxy-rhel8 +38
- RHSA-2024:7994 Released 2024-10-11 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.11.3 bug fixes and container updates
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 for RHEL 9 rhacm2/acm-cluster-permission-rhel9, rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-addon-controller-rhel9, rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-framework-addon-rhel9 +40
Show 5 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2024:7759 Released 2024-10-10 · Red Hat rating ModerateMulticluster Engine for Kubernetes 2.6.3 security updates
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 for RHEL 8 multicluster-engine/assisted-image-service-rhel8, multicluster-engine/assisted-installer-agent-rhel8, multicluster-engine/assisted-installer-controller-rhel8 +2
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 for RHEL 9 multicluster-engine/addon-manager-rhel9, multicluster-engine/assisted-service-9-rhel9, multicluster-engine/backplane-rhel9-operator +31
- RHSA-2024:6779 Released 2024-09-18 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.10.6 bug fixes and container updates
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.10 for RHEL 9 rhacm2/console-rhel9
- RHSA-2024:6738 Released 2024-09-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateMulticluster Engine for Kubernetes 2.5.7 security updates and bug fixes
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 8 multicluster-engine/hive-rhel8
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9 multicluster-engine/console-mce-rhel9, multicluster-engine/multicluster-engine-console-mce-rhel9
- RHSA-2024:6210 Released 2024-09-03 · Red Hat rating LowRed Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Containers for 2.5.4 security update
- RHOSSM 2.5 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8 +5
- RHSA-2024:6209 Released 2024-09-03 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Containers for 2.4.10 security update
- RHOSSM 2.4 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8 +4
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager CLI | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| RHOSSM 2.4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:6209 |
| RHOSSM 2.5 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:6210 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.10 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:6779 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7994 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.9 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8546 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:8533 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:6738 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7759 |
| multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7759 |
Not affected: 15 products
- Builds for Red Hat OpenShift
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.10 for RHEL 9
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 8
- multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42459
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f7q4-pwc6-w24p
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More Indutny Elliptic vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-28428 In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-32636 The Elliptic package 6.5.7 for Node.js, in its for ECDSA implementation, does not… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-32637 The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-10810 The Elliptic package 6.5.2 for Node.js allows ECDSA signature malleability via variations… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2020-17301 Cryptographic Issues CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-42459 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-42459 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f7q4-pwc6-w24p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-42459 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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