CVE-2016-9121

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    CVE-2016-9121

    Published: 28 Mar 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: go-jose before 1.0.4 suffers from an invalid curve attack for the ECDH-ES algorithm. When deriving a shared key using ECDH-ES for an encrypted message, go-jose neglected to check that the received public key on a message is on the same curve as the static private key of the receiver, thus making it vulnerable to an invalid curve attack.

    References: https://hackerone.com/reports/164590, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/03/1, https://github.com/square/go-jose/commit/c7581939a3656bb65e89d64da0a52364a33d2507

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v1.0.3
    v1.0.2
    v1.0.1
    v1.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High