CVE catalog
CVE-2020-13822
node-elliptic: CVE-2020-13822
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.70% · Oct 25, 2026
The Elliptic package 6.5.2 for Node.js allows ECDSA signature malleability via variations in encoding, leading '\0' bytes, or integer overflows. This could conceivably have a security-relevant impact if an application relied on a single canonical signature.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-elliptic | sid | 6.6.1+dfsg+~6.4.18-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-elliptic | forky | 6.6.1+dfsg+~6.4.18-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-elliptic | trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-elliptic | bookworm | 6.5.4~dfsg-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-elliptic | 18.04 | 6.4.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-elliptic | 20.04 | 6.5.1~dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-elliptic | 20.04 | 6.5.1~dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | sid | 6.5.3~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [963149] |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | forky | 6.5.3~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [963149] |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | trixie | 6.5.3~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [963149] |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | bookworm | 6.5.3~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [963149] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-elliptic]Fixed
Details (2)
6.5.4~dfsg-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.5.3~dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 12
6.5.4~dfsg-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.5.3~dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-elliptic]Fixed
Details (2)
6.6.1+dfsg-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.5.3~dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 13
6.6.1+dfsg-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.5.3~dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13822]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13822]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13822]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-13822.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-1350.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]