CVE-2024-48949: indutny elliptic
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-48949 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in indutny elliptic. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.1 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 10-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits "sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg()" validation.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
- NVDNIST9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.50%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
43%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.50% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat14 products
- grafana< 0:7.3.6-8.el8_4 | < 0:6.3.6-6.el8_2
- grafana-azure-monitor< 0:6.3.6-6.el8_2
- grafana-cloudwatch< 0:6.3.6-6.el8_2
- grafana-debuginfo< 0:7.3.6-8.el8_4 | < 0:6.3.6-6.el8_2
- grafana-elasticsearch< 0:6.3.6-6.el8_2
Debian1 product
- node-ellipticAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.5.7+dfsg-1
Indutny1 product
- elliptic< 6.5.6
Npm1 product
- elliptic< 6.5.6
Opensuse1 product
- python-pytest-html&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.1.1-2.1
Ubuntu1 product
- node-ellipticAll versions (No fix recorded)
6 vendors · 19 products
References
20 linksShow all 20 references
- github.com/indutny/ellipticPACKAGE
- lists.opensuse.org/archives/…Advisory