CVE-2024-42461
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.
- Published
- Aug 2, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 47.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.
Sources
1- CVE-2024-42461Patch
Fix for ECDSA and EDDSA signature verification in Wycheproof project, addressing missing length checks that allowed zero-byte manipulation during signature decoding.
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