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CVE-2024-48949 (GCVE-0-2024-48949)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-25 15:42

Summary

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.

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: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-10 20:20 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

4 references

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https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/compare/v6.5.…
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/18/we-found-…
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024122…

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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48949 (CVE-2024-48949)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-10-10 01:15 – Updated: 2025-10-24 05:13 – Source website

Details

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.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


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

9.1 (Critical)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48949	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48949	REPORT
	https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/7ac536…	REPORT
	https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/7ac536…	REPORT
	https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/compare/v6.5.…	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2024-3148

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-10-10 22:00 - Updated: 2025-11-24 23:00

Summary

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Advanced Cluster Management): Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

4 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2024-48949.

CVE-2024-48949

Known affected: 7 products

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WID-SEC-W-2024-3285

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-10-27 23:00 - Updated: 2025-03-02 23:00

Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Umgehen von Sicherheitsvorkehrungen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2024-48949.

CVE-2024-48949

Known affected: 4 products

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WID-SEC-W-2024-3542

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-11-25 23:00 - Updated: 2026-02-05 23:00

Summary

Red Hat OpenShift: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

8 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2024-48949.

CVE-2024-48949

Known affected: 6 products

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WID-SEC-W-2025-0043

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2025-01-12 23:00 - Updated: 2025-03-17 23:00

Summary

IBM QRadar SIEM (Log Source Management App): Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

23 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2024-48949.

CVE-2024-48949

Known affected: 7 products

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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CVE-2024-48949 (GCVE-0-2024-48949)

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48949 (CVE-2024-48949)

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WID-SEC-W-2024-3285

WID-SEC-W-2024-3542

WID-SEC-W-2025-0043

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