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sm-crypto EUVDEUVD-2026-58182

| CVE-2026-73567 CRITICAL
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) (CWE-338)
2026-08-13 GitHub_M GHSA-vh45-f885-3848
9.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
9.1 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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7.4 HIGH

AC:H because the attacker must observe same-process Math.random() outputs and estimate generation time; PR:N/UI:N as no auth or victim action is needed; C:H/I:H for key recovery and signature forgery, A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch available
Aug 13, 2026 - 19:04 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 13, 2026 - 18:21 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 13, 2026 - 18:21 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 13, 2026 - 17:40 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.1

DescriptionCVE.org

sm-crypto provides JavaScript implementations of the Chinese cryptographic algorithms SM2, SM3, and SM4. Prior to 0.5.0, the default no-argument sm2.generateKeyPairHex() path in Node.js uses the module-wide SecureRandom instance in src/sm2/utils.js, supplied by jsbn@1.1.0, which seeds an ARC4 stream from Math.random() and new Date().getTime() because window.crypto.getRandomValues is unavailable even though globalThis.crypto exists. An attacker who can observe the process's Math.random() outputs and estimate the key-generation time can reconstruct the seed, recover generated SM2 private keys, and predict signing ephemeral scalars used to forge signatures. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.0.

AnalysisAI

Predictable SM2 private-key and signing-nonce generation in the sm-crypto npm library (versions prior to 0.5.0) lets an attacker recover keys generated in Node.js. Because jsbn's SecureRandom checks window.crypto rather than Node's globalThis.crypto, the default sm2.generateKeyPairHex() falls back to seeding an ARC4 stream from Math.random() and the wall clock, so an adversary who observes a few Math.random() outputs and estimates the generation time can reconstruct private keys and forge signatures. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Observe process Math.random() outputs
Delivery
Recover V8 xorshift128+ state
Exploit
Estimate key-generation timestamp
Execution
Reconstruct ARC4 seed
Persist
Recover SM2 private key and ephemeral scalars
Impact
Forge signatures or decrypt data

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the target to run sm-crypto (< 0.5.0) in Node.js and use the default no-argument sm2.generateKeyPairHex() key-generation and signing path, which routes through jsbn's SecureRandom fallback; no caller-selected parameter or non-default configuration is needed to trigger the weak RNG. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The published CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N, base 9.1) treats this as a network, low-complexity, unauthenticated confidentiality-and-integrity break, which likely overstates the practical attack conditions: exploitation is not a single crafted request but a cryptanalytic recovery requiring the attacker to observe several Math.random() outputs from the same V8 process and estimate the key-generation timestamp. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario A service uses sm-crypto in Node.js to mint SM2 key pairs and separately exposes values derived from Math.random() to clients (for example request IDs, tokens, or timing jitter). An attacker collects a handful of those outputs to reconstruct the V8 xorshift128+ state, combines it with an estimate of the key-generation timestamp to rebuild the ARC4 seed, then recovers the victim's SM2 private key and predicts signing ephemeral scalars - enabling decryption and signature forgery. …
Remediation Upgrade to the fixed release: Vendor-released patch: sm-crypto 0.5.0, which changes SM2 random-number generation to use Node's crypto module (per the CHANGELOG and commit 1f9bd7bd160c24efd9c26c8f7fda997c68c823d0). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, identify all production instances of sm-crypto versions prior to 0.5.0 and assess their security context. …

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