CVE-2023-49292 (GCVE-0-2023-49292)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-04 23:12 – Updated: 2024-08-02 21:53
VLAI?
Title
Possible private key restoration in go package github.com/ecies/go
Summary
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.
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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ecies go Affected: < 2.0.8
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