High, CVSS 7.7npmAmendedPublished
sjcl is missing point-on-curve validation in sjcl.ecc.basicKey.publicKey
CVE-2026-4258 · GHSA-2w8x-224x-785m
- Affected
- npm sjcl <= 1.0.8
- Fixed in
- 1.0.9· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- All versions of the package sjcl are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature due to missing point-on-curve validation in sjcl.ecc.basicKey.publicKey(). An attacker can recover a victim's ECDH private key by sending crafted off-curve public keys and observing ECDH outputs. The dhJavaEc() function directly returns the raw x-coordinate of the scalar multiplication result (no hashing), providing a plaintext oracle without requiring any decryption feedback.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.0.9 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.