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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-27208
The flash read-out protection (RDP) level is not enforced during...
Vulnerability Description
The flash read-out protection (RDP) level is not enforced during the device initialization phase of the SoloKeys Solo 4.0.0 & Somu and the Nitrokey FIDO2 token. This allows an adversary to downgrade the RDP level and access secrets such as private ECC keys from SRAM via the debug interface.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/en/FirmwareProtection.html
- https://twitter.com/SoloKeysSec
- https://solokeys.com
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640
- https://github.com/solokeys/solo/commit/a9c02cd354f34b48195a342c7f524abdef5cbcec
- https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html
Affected Vendor
solokeys
View all reports →Affected Software
solo firmware, somu firmware, fido2 firmware
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 21st, 2021
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.