CVE-2021-21387CWE-319CWE-326CWE-358

Partial secret key disclosure, improper safety number calculation, & inadequate encryption strength

High · published March 19, 2021

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Wrongthink peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted messenger with PeerJS and Axolotl ratchet. In wrongthink from version 2.0.0 and before 2.3.0 there was a set of vulnerabilities causing inadequate encryption strength. Part of the secret identity key was disclosed by the fingerprint used for connection. Additionally, the safety number was improperly calculated. It was computed using part of one of the public identity keys instead of being derived from both public identity keys. This caused issues in computing safety numbers which would potentially be exploitable in the real world. Additionally there was inadequate encryption strength due to use of 1024-bit DSA keys. These issues are all fixed in version 2.3.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00392 · 32.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-319 · Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information; CWE-326 · Inadequate Encryption Strength; CWE-358 · Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
Published
2021-03-19T15:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAR 15:25Z
    Partial secret key disclosure, improper safety number calculation, & inadequate encryption strength
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