GHSA-2w8x-224x-785mHighCVSS 7.5

sjcl is missing point-on-curve validation in sjcl.ecc.basicKey.publicKey

Published
March 17, 2026
Last Modified
March 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

All versions of the package sjcl are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature due to missing point-on-curve validation in sjcl.ecc.basicKey.publicKey(). An attacker can recover a victim's ECDH private key by sending crafted off-curve public keys and observing ECDH outputs. The dhJavaEc() function directly returns the raw x-coordinate of the scalar multiplication result (no hashing), providing a plaintext oracle without requiring any decryption feedback.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/sjcl:<= 1.0.8

🔗 References (6)