CVE-2024-48949
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits "sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg()" validation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.5.7+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.5.7+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.5.7+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | elliptic | <6.5.6 | 6.5.6 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-48949.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48949
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/7ac5360118f74eb02da73bdf9f24fd0c72ff5281
- https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-cryptography-bugs-in-the-elliptic-library-using-wycheproof
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic
- https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/compare/v6.5.5...v6.5.6
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0003
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-48949
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.