Taurus multi-party-sig has OT-based ECDSA protocol implementation flaws
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
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
Coinbase researchers reported 2 security issues in our implementation of the oblivious transfer (OT) based protocol [DKLS](https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/499.pdf): ### 1. Secret share recovery attack If the base OT setup of the protocol is reused for another execution of the OT extension, then a malicious participant can extract a bit of the secret of another participant. By repeating the execution they can eventually recover the whole secret. Therefore, unlike our comments suggested, you **must not reuse an OT setup** for multiple protocol executions. We're adding a warning in the code: https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/blob/9e4400fccee89be6195d0a12dd0ed052288d5040/internal/ot/extended.go#L114 ### 2. Invalid security proof due to incorrect operator The original 2018 version of the DKLS had a typo in the OT extension protocol when computing the check value in the OT extension: the paper noted a XOR whereas it should be a field multiplication. This erroneous behavior was implemented [in our code](https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/blob/4d84aafb57b437da1b933db9a265fb7ce4e7c138/internal/ot/extended.go#L188). The proof of security fails in this case. No concrete attack is known, however. The [2023 update](https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/499.pdf) of the DKLS paper reported that typo and updated the protocol definition. ~As of 20241124, patching is in progress (branch [otfix](https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/tree/otfix)), but not merged to the main branch yes as the tests fail to pass. We're troubleshooting the issue and will merge into the main branch when it's resolved.~ As of 20250128, a patched version is available in https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/releases/tag/v0.7.0-alpha-2025-01-28, thanks to https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/pull/119. ### Workarounds Do not reuse an OT setup in the event that an abort is detected, to eliminate the secret recovery attack. ### Credits Thanks to the Coinbase researchers Yi-Hsiu Chen and Samuel Ranellucci for discovering these issues and providing a comprehensive write-up. Thank you to Yehuda Lindell for coordinating the disclosure. Thanks to Jay Prakash for clarifying the risk of the base setup reuse. Thanks to @cronokirby for writing the corrected code.
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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| — | github.com/taurusgroup/multi-party-sig (Go) | before 0.7.0-alpha-2025-01-28 | 0.7.0-alpha-2025-01-28 | Patch available | GHSA-7f6p-phw2-8253 |
- github.com/taurusgroup/multi-party-sig (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.7.0-alpha-2025-01-28 Fixed in 0.7.0-alpha-2025-01-28 Patch available GHSA-7f6p-phw2-8253
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-7f6p-phw2-8253 github.com/taurusgroup/multi-party-sig (Go) Fixed in 0.7.0-alpha-2025-01-28 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-7f6p-phw2-8253
References
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- https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/security/advisories/GHSA-7f6p-phw2-8253
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/499.pdf
- https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig
- https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/blob/4d84aafb57b437da1b933db9a265fb7ce4e7c138/internal/ot/extended.go#L188
- https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/blob/9e4400fccee89be6195d0a12dd0ed052288d5040/internal/ot/extended.go#L114
- https://github.com/taurushq-io/multi-party-sig/tree/otfix
Sources
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