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CVE-2021-43570

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-43570 describes a critical vulnerability in the Stark Bank Java ECDSA library (ecdsa-java) version 1.0.0, where the verify function fails to validate non-zero signatures, enabling attackers to forge signatures on arbitrary messages. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:starkbank:ecdsa-java:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 44th 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.starkbank.ellipticcurve:starkbank-ecdsaFixed in: 1.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-r28h-x6hv-2fq3critical

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in starkbank-ecdsa

Nov 10, 2021

References

github.com / starkbank/ecdsa-java/releases/tag/v1.0.1
Third Party Advisory
research.nccgroup.com / 2021/11/08/technical-advisory-arbitrary-signature-forgery-in-stark-bank-ecdsa-libraries
ExploitThird Party Advisory