CVE search · CVE-2026-77696
CVE-2026-77696
low 3.7
Issue summary: SM2 signature generation uses non-constant-time arithmetic on secret values, forming a timing side-channel. Impact summary: An attacker able to measure SM2 signing times may learn information about the per-signature secret nonce, which over many signatures can, via a lattice / Hidden Number Problem attack, lead to recovery of the private key. CWE: CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy Description: SM2 signature generation computes the signature value using variable-time BIGNUM operations on the secret nonce and the private key, so the time taken to produce an SM2 signature depends on these secret values, forming a timing side-channel. Applications performing SM2 signature generation are affected on all platforms. FIPS Impact: no SM2 is not a FIPS algorithm.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- openssl-security@openssl.org
- Weakness
- CWE-208
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | low 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- openssl · openssl
References
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/1c4aed808a7aea32d2d013049c2e0d9fef164fc9Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/20b20628d39b2dcc4677194bd68c7c060fa598cbPatch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/419f5cb519721dceed393dbc524d79e487c72e64Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6b90445a56b99a328ac1feba058abf976504f440Patch
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260929.txtVendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html