PHPECC vulnerable to multiple cryptographic side-channel attacks
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
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 |
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| — | mdanter/ecc (Packagist) | up to 1.0.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-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
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-346h-749j-r28w
References
Sources
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