CVE-2026-4258
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/03/2026
Last modified:
17/03/2026
Description
All versions of the package sjcl are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature due to missing point-on-curve validation in sjcl.ecc.basicKey.publicKey(). An attacker can recover a victim's ECDH private key by sending crafted off-curve public keys and observing ECDH outputs. The dhJavaEc() function directly returns the raw x-coordinate of the scalar multiplication result (no hashing), providing a plaintext oracle without requiring any decryption feedback.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
7.70
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://gist.github.com/Kr0emer/2560f98edb10b0b34f2438cd63913c47
- https://github.com/bitwiseshiftleft/sjcl/blob/master/core/ecc.js%23L454-L461
- https://github.com/bitwiseshiftleft/sjcl/commit/ee307459972442a17beebc29dc331fffd8aff796
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SJCL-15369617
- https://gist.github.com/Kr0emer/2560f98edb10b0b34f2438cd63913c47
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SJCL-15369617



