CVE-2015-8013: OpenPGP 1.2.0 and earlier decrypts arbitrary messages

May 17, 2022 (updated June 17, 2022)

s2k.js in OpenPGP.js will decrypt arbitrary messages regardless of passphrase for crafted PGP keys which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication if message decryption is used as an authentication mechanism via a crafted symmetrically encrypted PGP message.

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/30/5
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmvq-f3fj-m3wg
github.com/openpgpjs/openpgpjs/commit/668a9bbe7033f3f475576209305eb57a54306d29
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8013

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