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CVE-2020-1026

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1026 is a critical Security Feature Bypass vulnerability in the Microsoft Research JavaScript Cryptography Library, stemming from multiple bugs in its Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) implementation. An attacker could exploit this to leak private ECC key information or forge valid ECDSA signatures. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:research_javascript_cryptography_library:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Research JavaScript Cryptography Library V1.4
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: msrcryptoFixed in: 1.5.8

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-9x9j-836w-8f55high

Incorrect Calculation in the MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library

Jan 6, 2022
microsoft2020-Apr/CVE-2020-1026Important

MSR JavaScript Cryptography Library Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Apr 14, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1026
PatchVendor Advisory