CVE-2026-23966 (GCVE-0-2026-23966)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 02:06 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:49
VLAI?
Title
sm-crypto Affected by Private Key Recovery in SM2-PKE
Summary
sm-crypto provides JavaScript implementations of the Chinese cryptographic algorithms SM2, SM3, and SM4. A private key recovery vulnerability exists in the SM2 decryption logic of sm-crypto prior to version 0.3.14. By interacting with the SM2 decryption interface multiple times, an attacker can fully recover the private key within approximately several hundred interactions. Version 0.3.14 patches the issue.
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
JuneAndGreen sm-crypto Affected: < 0.3.14
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