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GHSA-PGX9-497M-6C4V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 16:13 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:43

Summary

sm-crypto Affected by Private Key Recovery in SM2-PKE

Details

Summary

A private key recovery vulnerability exists in the SM2 decryption logic of sm-crypto. By interacting with the SM2 decryption interface multiple times, an attacker can fully recover the private key within approximately several hundred interactions.

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by: - XlabAI Team of Tencent Xuanwu Lab - Atuin Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


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

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  "modified": "2026-01-22T15:43:14Z",
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}

CVE-2026-23966 (GCVE-0-2026-23966)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 02:06 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:49

Title

sm-crypto Affected by Private Key Recovery in SM2-PKE

Summary

sm-crypto provides JavaScript implementations of the Chinese cryptographic algorithms SM2, SM3, and SM4. A private key recovery vulnerability exists in the SM2 decryption logic of sm-crypto prior to version 0.3.14. By interacting with the SM2 decryption interface multiple times, an attacker can fully recover the private key within approximately several hundred interactions. Version 0.3.14 patches the issue.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-22 15:44 UTC

CWE

CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/JuneAndGreen/sm-crypto/securit…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/JuneAndGreen/sm-crypto/commit/…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
JuneAndGreen	sm-crypto	Affected: < 0.3.14

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CVE-2026-23966 (GCVE-0-2026-23966)

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