# CVE-2020-12061: An issue was discovered in Nitrokey FIDO U2F firmware through 1.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-05-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Nitrokey FIDO U2F firmware through 1.1. Communication between the microcontroller and the secure element transmits credentials in plain. This allows an adversary to eavesdrop the communication and derive the secrets stored in the microcontroller. As a result, the attacker is able to arbitrarily manipulate the firmware of the microcontroller.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware/releases
- https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware/commits/master
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640.pdf
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/523.html

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