VDB
GHSA-r9p9-mrjm-926w
GHSA-r9p9-mrjm-926w
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.800000190734863 MEDIUM
Elliptic Uses a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published March 8, 2021
elliptic is fixed in 6.5.4 (npm)
Elliptic Uses a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| elliptic | npm | 6.5.4 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
6.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| npm | elliptic | |
| npm | elliptic | 0 |
Timeline
- Mar 8, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f fix
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1069836 url
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/244/commits fix
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28498 advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-1064899 url
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/elliptic url
- https://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md exploit