CVE catalog
CVE-2020-28498
node-elliptic: CVE-2020-28498
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.23% · Oct 25, 2026
The package elliptic before 6.5.4 are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues via the secp256k1 implementation in elliptic/ec/key.js. There is no check to confirm that the public key point passed into the derive function actually exists on the secp256k1 curve. This results in the potential for the private key used in this implementation to be revealed after a number of ECDH operations are performed.
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 |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | sid | 6.5.4~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | forky | 6.5.4~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | trixie | 6.5.4~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | bookworm | 6.5.4~dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-elliptic]Fixed
Details (2)
6.5.4~dfsg-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.5.4~dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 12
6.5.4~dfsg-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.5.4~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:
6.5.4~dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 13
6.6.1+dfsg-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.5.4~dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28498]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28498]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/wid-sec-w-2023-0857.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]