CVE catalog
CVE-2024-42459
node-elliptic: CVE-2024-42459
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.30% · Oct 25, 2026
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing signature length check, and thus zero-valued bytes can be removed or appended.
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 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | sid | 6.5.7+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1077821] |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | forky | 6.5.7+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1077821] |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | trixie | 6.5.7+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1077821] |
| Debian | node-elliptic | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1077821] |
Notes
[bookworm] node-elliptic: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-elliptic]Affected
Details (2)
6.5.4~dfsg-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · node-elliptic · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 12
6.5.4~dfsg-2· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · 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:
6.5.7+dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 13
6.6.1+dfsg-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.5.7+dfsg-1dsa · node-elliptic · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2025_14663-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42459]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-42459.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2024/wid-sec-w-2024-1912.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]