The Elliptic package 6.5.7 for Node.js, in its for ECDSA implementation, does not…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 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
The Elliptic package 6.5.7 for Node.js, in its for ECDSA implementation, does not correctly verify valid signatures if the hash contains at least four leading 0 bytes and when the order of the elliptic curve's base point is smaller than the hash, because of an _truncateToN anomaly. This leads to valid signatures being rejected. Legitimate transactions or communications may be incorrectly flagged as invalid.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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) | before 6.6.0 | 6.6.0 | Patch available | GHSA-fc9h-whq2-v747 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- elliptic (npm) Vendor— Affected before 6.6.0 Fixed in 6.6.0 Patch available GHSA-fc9h-whq2-v747
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-fc9h-whq2-v747 elliptic (npm) Fixed in 6.6.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 12 products
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- OpenShift Pipelines
- Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
- Red Hat Quay 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-48948
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fc9h-whq2-v747
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Advisory 2
Other 5
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-cryptography-bugs-in-the-elliptic-library-using-wycheproof/
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/34c853478cec1be4e37260ed2cb12cdbdc6402cf
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-cryptography-bugs-in-the-elliptic-library-using-wycheproof
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241220-0004
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-2024-28427 In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- 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-2024-48948 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-48948 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fc9h-whq2-v747 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-48948 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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