Critical

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

  • Disclosed: 21.01.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package sm-crypto < 0.3.14 0.3.14

References

CVSS score 9.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-345
Platform
npm
Package
sm-crypto
Disclosed
21.01.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pgx9-497m-6c4v - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: sm-crypto

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
4
First → latest
01.2026 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 4
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-23965 < 0.4.0 0.4.0
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-23967 < 0.3.14 0.3.14
  3. sm-crypto Affected by Private Key Recovery in SM2-PKE this entry
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-23966 < 0.3.14 0.3.14

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