CVE-2024-49364: tiny-secp256k1 vulnerable to private key extraction when signing a malicious JSON-stringifyable message in bundled environment

June 30, 2025 (updated July 1, 2025)

Private key can be extracted on signing a malicious JSON-stringifiable object, when global Buffer is buffer package

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7mc2-6phr-23xc
github.com/bitcoinjs/tiny-secp256k1
github.com/bitcoinjs/tiny-secp256k1/pull/140
github.com/bitcoinjs/tiny-secp256k1/security/advisories/GHSA-7mc2-6phr-23xc
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49364

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