CVE-2023-49292 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-49292: Possible private key restoration in go package github.com/ecies/go

Vendor Ecies
Product go
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published December 4, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024
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CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 4, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated