CVE-2023-49292

Name: CVE-2023-49292
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2023-12-05T00:15:09.627+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 4.8/10EPSS 0.34%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-49292 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.8/10 on the CVSS scale. ecies is an Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1 in Golang. If funcations Encapsulate(), Decapsulate() and ECDH() could be called by an attacker, they could recover any private key that interacts with it. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

ecies is an Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1 in Golang. If funcations Encapsulate(), Decapsulate() and ECDH() could be called by an attacker, they could recover any private key that interacts with it. This vulnerability was patched in 2.0.8. Users are advised to upgrade.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

4.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Probability

0.34%

25.3th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ecies	Go	< 2.0.8

References

Timeline

Published: Dec 5, 2023
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-49292?

How severe is CVE-2023-49292?

CVE-2023-49292 has a CVSS score of 4.8/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-49292?

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Source: NVD / NIST