Description
Versions of the package jsrsasign before 11.1.1 are vulnerable to Missing Cryptographic Step via the KJUR.crypto.DSA.signWithMessageHash process in the DSA signing implementation. An attacker can recover the private key by forcing r or s to be zero, so the library emits an invalid signature without retrying, and then solves for x from the resulting signature.
Published: 2026-03-23
Score: 9.4 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Private Key Exposure
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w8q8-93cx-6h7r jsrsasign: Missing cryptographic validation during DSA signing enables private key extraction
History

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Jsrsasign Project
Jsrsasign Project jsrsasign
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:jsrsasign_project:jsrsasign:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Jsrsasign Project
Jsrsasign Project jsrsasign

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Title jsrsasign: jsrsasign: Private Key Recovery via Missing Cryptographic Step in DSA Signing
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

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Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kjur
Kjur jsrsasign
Vendors & Products Kjur
Kjur jsrsasign

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description Versions of the package jsrsasign before 11.1.1 are vulnerable to Missing Cryptographic Step via the KJUR.crypto.DSA.signWithMessageHash process in the DSA signing implementation. An attacker can recover the private key by forcing r or s to be zero, so the library emits an invalid signature without retrying, and then solves for x from the resulting signature.
Weaknesses CWE-325
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:P'}


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Jsrsasign Project Jsrsasign
Kjur Jsrsasign
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-23T14:41:10.087Z

Reserved: 2026-03-22T16:26:10.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-4601

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-23T14:41:07.056Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-23T06:16:21.893

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:00:01.613

Link: CVE-2026-4601

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-23T05:00:13Z

Links: CVE-2026-4601 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-03-25T14:49:48Z

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