Description
The ed25519-dalek crate before 2 for Rust allows a double public key signing function oracle attack. The Keypair implementation leads to a simple computation for extracting a private key.
Published: 2025-07-28
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-55212 The ed25519-dalek crate before 2 for Rust allows a double public key signing function oracle attack. The Keypair implementation leads to a simple computation for extracting a private key.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w5vr-6qhr-36cc `ed25519-dalek` Double Public Key Signing Function Oracle Attack
History

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title ed25519-dalek: ed25519-dalek: Private Key Extraction Vulnerability
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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 28 Jul 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-497
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Mon, 28 Jul 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The ed25519-dalek crate before 2 for Rust allows a double public key signing function oracle attack. The Keypair implementation leads to a simple computation for extracting a private key.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-28T13:56:12.178Z

Reserved: 2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-50237

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-28T13:56:07.593Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-07-28T02:15:24.540

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2022-50237

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50237 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses