CVE-2026-4258: sjcl · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Affects sjclSource CVE Database V5
Public exploit available · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 1.0.9 as a priority.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 17% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.0.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: evidence found.
CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade sjcl to 1.0.9.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sjcl | Affected
| Fixed in
|
| org.webjars.npm:sjcl | Affected
| Fixed in– |
npmsjclpkg:npm/sjclOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
Versions of the package sjcl before 1.0.9 are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature due to missing point-on-curve validation in sjcl.ecc.basicKey.publicKey(). An attacker can recover a victim's ECDH private key by sending crafted off-curve public keys and observing ECDH outputs. The dhJavaEc() function directly returns the raw x-coordinate of the scalar multiplication result (no hashing), providing a plaintext oracle without requiring any decryption feedback.
References
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SJCL-15369617 (opens in a new tab)
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-15751243 (opens in a new tab)
- gist.github.com/Kr0emer/2560f98edb10b0b34f2438cd63913c47 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/bitwiseshiftleft/sjcl/blob/master/core/ecc.js%23L454-L461 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/bitwiseshiftleft/sjcl/commit/ee307459972442a17beebc29dc331fffd8aff796 (opens in a new tab)