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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-49292
Possible private key restoration in go package github.com/ecies/go
Vulnerability Description
ecies is an Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1 in Golang. If funcations Encapsulate(), Decapsulate() and ECDH() could be called by an attacker, they could recover any private key that interacts with it. This vulnerability was patched in 2.0.8. Users are advised to upgrade.
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://github.com/ecies/go/security/advisories/GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h
- https://github.com/ecies/go/commit/c6e775163866d6ea5233eb8ec8530a9122101ebd
- https://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md
- https://github.com/ecies/go/releases/tag/v2.0.8
Affected Vendor
ecies
View all reports →Affected Software
go
Vulnerable Versions:
< 2.0.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 4th, 2023
Last Modified:
August 2nd, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N