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GHSA-P53J-G8PW-4W5F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-13 06:30 – Updated: 2025-03-13 16:24

Summary

Ed25519 Signature Malleability in ed25519-java Due to Missing Scalar Range Check

Details

The implementation of EdDSA in EdDSA-Java (aka ed25519-java) through 0.3.0 exhibits signature malleability and does not satisfy the SUF-CMA (Strong Existential Unforgeability under Chosen Message Attacks) property. This allows attackers to create new valid signatures different from previous signatures for a known message.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

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        "name": "net.i2p.crypto:eddsa"
      },
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    },
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      "package": {
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        "name": "net.i2p:i2p"
      },
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.39"
            }
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    "CVE-2020-36843"
  ],
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      "CWE-347"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-03-13T16:24:28Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-13T06:15:34Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The implementation of EdDSA in EdDSA-Java (aka ed25519-java) through 0.3.0 exhibits signature malleability and does not satisfy the SUF-CMA (Strong Existential Unforgeability under Chosen Message Attacks) property. This allows attackers to create new valid signatures different from previous signatures for a known message.",
  "id": "GHSA-p53j-g8pw-4w5f",
  "modified": "2025-03-13T16:24:28Z",
  "published": "2025-03-13T06:30:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36843"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/str4d/ed25519-java/issues/82#issue-727629226"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/i2p/i2p.i2p/commit/d7d1dcb5399c61cf2916ccc45aa25b0209c88712#diff-658f7b1aa34b58d27796fccdb8b756c72702d64ae44703374960f1cb89a5a5c3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/1244"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/str4d/ed25519-java"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N",
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ed25519 Signature Malleability in ed25519-java Due to Missing Scalar Range Check"
}

CVE-2020-36843 (GCVE-0-2020-36843)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-18 16:22

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-18 16:22 UTC

CWE

CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/str4d/ed25519-java/issues/82#i…
https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/1244

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
str4d	ed25519-java	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.3.0 (semver)

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