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TI-2024-32637 Aliases CVE-2024-48949GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr

The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-347Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 16 fixed, 8 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 verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits "sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg()" validation.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00496 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial elliptic (npm): 6.5.6Red Hat: 14 advisoriesRed Hat: 16 fixed, 8 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—elliptic (npm)before 6.5.66.5.6Patch availableGHSA-434g-2637-qmqr
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • elliptic (npm) Vendor— Affected before 6.5.6 Fixed in 6.5.6 Patch available GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:indutny:elliptic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 6.5.6VulnerableIndutny
  • cpe:2.3:a:indutny:elliptic:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 6.5.6 Vulnerable ·Indutny

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr elliptic (npm) Fixed in 6.5.6 Advisory →

Red Hat 14 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:10853 Released 2025-07-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.19.0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:9294 Released 2025-06-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.17.2
    • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.17 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel8
  • RHSA-2025:8512 Released 2025-06-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.16.4
    • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.16 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel8
Show 11 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2025:8233 Released 2025-05-27 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.18.1
    • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.18.0 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel9
  • RHSA-2025:8078 Released 2025-05-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.15.3
    • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel8
  • RHSA-2024:10236 Released 2024-11-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.17.0 release
    • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3 devspaces/code-rhel8, devspaces/dashboard-rhel8, devspaces/udi-rhel8
  • RHSA-2024:8974 Released 2024-11-06 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.12.0 security and bug fixes
    • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12 for RHEL 9 rhacm2/acm-cli-rhel9, rhacm2/acm-cluster-permission-rhel9, rhacm2/acm-governance-policy-addon-controller-rhel9 +43
  • RHSA-2024:8546 Released 2024-10-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red 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 Important
    Multicluster 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-2024:8507 Released 2024-10-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    grafana security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) grafana-6.3.6-6.el8_2, grafana-azure-monitor-6.3.6-6.el8_2, grafana-cloudwatch-6.3.6-6.el8_2 +10
  • RHSA-2024:8351 Released 2024-10-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    grafana:7.3.6 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) grafana-7.3.6-8.el8_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) grafana-7.3.6-8.el8_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) grafana-7.3.6-8.el8_4
  • RHSA-2024:7994 Released 2024-10-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red 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
  • RHSA-2024:6779 Released 2024-09-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red 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 Moderate
    Multicluster 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

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift PipelinesAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.10 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2024:6779
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2024:7994
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.12 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2024:8974
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2024:8546
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:8507
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:8351
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:8351
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:8351
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3Fixed RHSA-2024:10236
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15Fixed RHSA-2025:8078
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.16Fixed RHSA-2025:8512
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.17Fixed RHSA-2025:9294
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.18.0Fixed RHSA-2025:8233
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19Fixed RHSA-2025:10853
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.4 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2024:8533
multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2024:6738
Not affected: 16 products
  • Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 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 OpenShift Dev Spaces
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.16
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.17
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.18.0
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19
  • Red Hat Quay 3
  • multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-48949
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr
  3. 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2025:8078 · Red Hat

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • 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-2024-32636 The Elliptic package 6.5.7 for Node.js, in its for ECDSA implementation, does not… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • 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

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