CVE-2026-33936

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductTlsfuzzer Ecdsa
PublishedMar 27, 2026
First seenMar 27, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • tlsfuzzer ecdsa0.19.2 or later
  • ecdsa0.19.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tlsfuzzer ecdsav < 0.19.20.19.2
ecdsaPyPIv < 0.19.20.19.2

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CVE-2026-33936 · Tlsfuzzer Ecdsa · Dark Radar