CVE-2026-33936CWE-130CWE-20

python-ecdsa: Denial of Service via improper DER length validation in crafted private keys

Medium · published March 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00523 · 43.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-130 · Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency; CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2026-03-27T22:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 22:08Z
    python-ecdsa: Denial of Service via improper DER length validation in crafted private keys
    cvelistv5