Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
filippo.io/edwards25519 versions before 1.1.1 are affected. Calling the MultiScalarMult method on a point that is not the identity point gives an incorrect result, and calling it on an uninitialized zero-value point gives an invalid point that compares equal to every point. The source does not describe a specific attacker action, and the bug is not stated to be reachable by remote input. Upgrade to version 1.1.1 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Low | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0042, the 36th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-fw7p-63qq-7hpr
- OSV: GHSA-fw7p-63qq-7hpr
- github.com/FiloSottile/edwards25519/security/advisories/GHSA-fw7p-63qq-7hpr
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26958
- github.com/FiloSottile/edwards25519/commit/d1c650afb95fad0742b98d95f2eb2cf031393abb
- github.com/FiloSottile/edwards25519
- github.com/FiloSottile/edwards25519/releases/tag/v1.1.1