CVE-2020-28498 | BDVDB-2026-148408 Detail

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The package elliptic before 6.5.4 are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues via the secp256k1 implementation in elliptic/ec/key.js. There is no check to confirm that the public key point passed into the derive function actually exists on the secp256k1 curve. This results in the potential for the private key used in this implementation to be revealed after a number of ECDH operations are performed.

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History#

1. Version 12021-02-02Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.