VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-23342
Versions 0.18.0 and prior are vulnerable to the Minerva attack.
HIGH 7.4EPSS 0.98%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The `ecdsa` PyPI package is a pure Python implementation of ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) with support for ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), EdDSA (Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm) and ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman). Versions 0.18.0 and prior are vulnerable to the Minerva attack. As of time of publication, no known patched version exists.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-203, CWE-208, CWE-385
- Affected
- tlsfuzzer/ecdsa
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/blob/master/SECURITY.mdProduct
- https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/security/advisories/GHSA-wj6h-64fc-37mpExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz/Technical Description
- https://securitypitfalls.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/constant-time-compare-in-python/Technical Description
- https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/blob/master/SECURITY.mdProduct
- https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/security/advisories/GHSA-wj6h-64fc-37mpExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz/Technical Description
- https://securitypitfalls.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/constant-time-compare-in-python/Technical Description
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.