High

Incorrect Calculation in the MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library

  • Disclosed: 06.01.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A Security Feature Bypass vulnerability exists in the MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library that is caused by multiple bugs in the library's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) implementation.An attacker could potentially abuse these bugs to learn information about a server's private ECC key (a key leakage attack) or craft an invalid ECDSA signature that nevertheless passes as valid.The security update addresses the vulnerability by fixing the bugs disclosed in the ECC implementation, aka MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package msrcrypto < 1.5.8 1.5.8

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-682
Platform
npm
Package
msrcrypto
Disclosed
06.01.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-9x9j-836w-8f55 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: msrcrypto

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
09.2018 01.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 1
  2. 2019: 0
  3. 2020: 0
  4. 2021: 0
  5. 2022: 1
  6. 2023: 0
  7. 2024: 0
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
  1. Incorrect Calculation in the MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library this entry
    High · 9.8 CVE-2020-1026 < 1.5.8 1.5.8
  2. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-8319 < 1.4.1 1.4.1

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