RustCrypto SM2-PKE has 32-bit Biased Nonce Vulnerability
Description
RustCrypto: Elliptic Curves is general purpose Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) support, including types and traits for representing various elliptic curve forms, scalars, points, and public/secret keys composed thereof. In versions 0.14.0-pre.0 and 0.14.0-rc.0, a critical vulnerability exists in the SM2 Public Key Encryption (PKE) implementation where the ephemeral nonce k is generated with severely reduced entropy. A unit mismatch error causes the nonce generation function to request only 32 bits of randomness instead of the expected 256 bits. This reduces the security of the encryption from a 128-bit level to a trivial 16-bit level, allowing a practical attack to recover the nonce k and decrypt any ciphertext given only the public key and ciphertext. This issue has been patched via commit e4f7778.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
sm2crates.io | >= 0.14.0-pre.0, <= 0.14.0-rc.4 | — |
Affected products
2- Range: = 0.14.0-pre.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3g8-fp6j-wvqwghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22698ghsaADVISORY
- crates.io/crates/sm2/0.14.0-pre.0ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- crates.io/crates/sm2/0.14.0-rc.0ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/commit/4781762f23ff22ab34763410f648128055c93731ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/commit/e4f77788130d065d760e57fb109370827110a525ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/pull/1600ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/security/advisories/GHSA-w3g8-fp6j-wvqwghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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