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Low severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2024· Updated Nov 3, 2025

CVE-2024-42461

CVE-2024-42461

Description

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ellipticnpm	>= 5.2.1, < 6.5.7	6.5.7

Affected products

3

Node.js/Elliptic packagedescription
ghsa-coords2 versions
pkg:npm/elliptic pkg:rpm/opensuse/velociraptor&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
>= 5.2.1, < 6.5.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.2.1, < 6.5.7
- (no CPE)range: < 0.7.0.4.git142.862ef23-1.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

5

github.com/advisories/GHSA-49q7-c7j4-3p7mghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42461ghsaADVISORY
github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/accb61e9c1a005e5c8ff96a8b33893100bb42d11ghsaWEB
github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317ghsaWEB
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0005ghsaWEB

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