SCA: security update for github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto (GHSA-fr8m-434r-g3xp)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435637

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Consensys gnark-crypto through 0.11.2 allows Signature Malleability. This occurs because deserialisation
of EdDSA and ECDSA signatures does not ensure that the data is in a certain interval. (CVE-2023-44273)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fr8m-434r-g3xp

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 435637

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44273

cwe: CWE-347