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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-33936
Name
CVE-2026-33936
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
The `ecdsa` PyPI package is a pure Python implementation of ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) with support for ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), EdDSA (Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm) and ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman). Prior to version 0.19.2, an issue in the low-level DER parsing functions can cause unexpected exceptions to be raised from the public API functions. `ecdsa.der.remove_octet_string()` accepts truncated DER where the encoded length exceeds the available buffer. For example, an OCTET STRING that declares a length of 4096 bytes but provides only 3 bytes is parsed successfully instead of being rejected. Because of that, a crafted DER input can cause `SigningKey.from_der()` to raise an internal exception (`IndexError: index out of bounds on dimension 1`) rather than cleanly rejecting malformed DER (e.g., raising `UnexpectedDER` or `ValueError`). Applications that parse untrusted DER private keys may crash if they do not handle unexpected exceptions, resulting in a denial of service. Version 0.19.2 patches the issue.
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Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
python3-ecdsa
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


5.3
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
0.19.0
Not Affected
buildroot
master
0.19.1
Not Affected
yocto
master
0.19.2
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


python3-ecdsa (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
der: reject truncated lengths in octet/implicit/constructed
0xmrma <moabdelaal442004@gmail.com>
CVE-2026-33936