CVE-2023-33241 is a critical vulnerability affecting crypto wallets that implement the GG18 or GG20 Threshold Signature Scheme (TSS) protocols. An attacker can exploit this by injecting a malicious Paillier key and manipulating the range proof, potentially extracting the full ECDSA private key. This attack, which may require 16 or more signatures depending on protocol parameters, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no active exploits or public exploit code are currently reported, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its significant risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gg18_project:gg18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gg20_project:gg20:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.