Elliptic Uses a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation
Elliptic Uses a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation. The ECDSA implementation of the Elliptic package generates incorrect signatures if an interim value of 'k' (as computed based on step 3.2 of RFC 6979 https://datatracker.
Vuln-watch · relayed from the GitHub Advisory Database; see Source & attribution below
Summary
The ECDSA implementation of the Elliptic package generates incorrect signatures if an interim value of 'k' (as computed based on step 3.2 of RFC 6979 https://datatracker.
Affected
- elliptic (npm) <= 6.6.1 — no patched version listed
Severity
Low (CVSS 2.9), as rated by the upstream advisory.
Recommended actions
- No fixed version is listed upstream; apply the mitigations in the source advisory and monitor for a release
Source & attribution
This 0xCERT advisory summarises GHSA-848j-6mx2-7j84 / CVE-2025-14505 from the GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-848j-6mx2-7j84. Details may change; refer to the original source for the authoritative record.
References
OpenPGP-signed. The signed text of this advisory verifies against the 0xCERT key CCC7 D9EC 9415 723D.
Published 2026-01-08 · last updated 2026-10-08
curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/pgp.asc | gpg --import && curl -s https://www.0xcert.com/advisory/0xCERT-2026-0214/signed.txt | gpg --verify