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Invalid Curve Attack in node-jose

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 20, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 6, 2023

Package

npm node-jose (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.9.3

Patched versions

0.9.3

Description

Affected versions of node-jose are vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.

Proof of Concept

Recommendation

Update to version 0.9.3 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 20, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 6, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.223%
(61st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16007

GHSA ID

GHSA-rvj9-8cvx-3vq9

Source code

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