Description
An issue was discovered in the mirage-crypto-ec package before 2.4.0 for OCaml. There is a timing side channel for NIST elliptic-curve scalar multiplication: the time required for a lookup can depend on a secret.
Published: 2026-09-09
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OSEC-2026-17 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in the mirage-crypto-ec package before 2.4.0 for OCaml. There is a timing side channel for NIST elliptic-curve scalar multiplication: the time required for a lookup can depend on a secret.
Weaknesses CWE-208
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T04:21:37.602Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T04:21:37.242Z

Link: CVE-2026-87737

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-09T05:18:21.020

Modified: 2026-09-09T05:18:21.020

Link: CVE-2026-87737

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-208

    Observable Timing Discrepancy