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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:research_javascript_cryptography_library:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.