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TI-2024-38571 Aliases GHSA-346h-749j-r28w

PHPECC vulnerable to multiple cryptographic side-channel attacks

Priority LOW 38CWE-203Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
No fix listed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-203.

Summary

### ECDSA Canonicalization PHPECC is vulnerable to malleable ECDSA signature attacks. ### Constant-Time Signer When generating a new ECDSA signature, the GMPMath adapter was used. This class wraps the GNU Multiple Precision arithmetic library (GMP), which does not aim to provide constant-time implementations of algorithms. An attacker capable of triggering many signatures and studying the time it takes to perform each operation would be able to leak the secret number, `k`, and thereby learn the private key. ### EcDH Timing Leaks When calculating a shared secret using the `EcDH` class, the scalar-point multiplication is based on the arithmetic defined by the `Point` class. Even though the library implements a Montgomery ladder, the `add()`, `mul()`, and `getDouble()` methods on the `Point` class are not constant-time. This means that your ECDH private keys are leaking information about each bit of your private key through a timing side-channel.

Why it matters now

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—mdanter/ecc (Packagist)up to 1.0.0—No fix listedGHSA-346h-749j-r28w
  • mdanter/ecc (Packagist) Vendor— Affected up to 1.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-346h-749j-r28w

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-346h-749j-r28w

References

Sources

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