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CVE-2021-43568

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-43568 is a critical vulnerability affecting version 1.0.0 of the Stark Bank Elixir ECDSA library (ecdsa-elixir), where the verify function fails to validate non-zero signatures, enabling attackers to forge signatures on arbitrary messages. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:starkbank:elixir_ecdsa: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
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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)

erlangpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ecdsa-elixirFixed in: 1.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

erlangGHSA-xx36-6rv4-gj8rcritical

ecdsa-elixir fails to check signatures, vulnerable to message forging

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / starkbank/ecdsa-elixir/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