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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/commit/bd66899550d7185939bf27b75713a2ac9325a9d3 | Patch |
| https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/releases/tag/python-ecdsa-0.19.2 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/security/advisories/GHSA-9f5j-8jwj-x28g | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
01 Apr 2026, 13:23
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Tlsfuzzer ecdsa
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| References | () https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/commit/bd66899550d7185939bf27b75713a2ac9325a9d3 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/releases/tag/python-ecdsa-0.19.2 - Product, Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/security/advisories/GHSA-9f5j-8jwj-x28g - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:tlsfuzzer:ecdsa:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
27 Mar 2026, 23:17
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Information
Published : 2026-03-27 23:17
Updated : 2026-04-01 13:23
NVD link : CVE-2026-33936
Mitre link : CVE-2026-33936
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-33936
JSON object : View
Products Affected
tlsfuzzer
- ecdsa
