# CVE-2020-36843: The implementation of EdDSA in EdDSA-Java (aka ed25519-java) through 0.3.0 exhibits signature malleability and does not satisfy the SUF-CMA

- Also known as: GHSA-P53J-G8PW-4W5F
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.39
- Published: 2025-03-13 · Updated: 2025-03-18

## Affected

- str4d ed25519-java: through 0.3.0
- net.i2p.crypto:eddsa (Maven): through 0.3.0
- net.i2p:i2p (Maven): fixed in 0.9.39

## Description

The implementation of EdDSA in EdDSA-Java (aka ed25519-java) through 0.3.0 exhibits signature malleability and does not satisfy the SUF-CMA (Strong Existential Unforgeability under Chosen Message Attacks) property. This allows attackers to create new valid signatures different from previous signatures for a known message.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on str4d ed25519-java, net.i2p.crypto:eddsa, net.i2p:i2p, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.39) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/str4d/ed25519-java/issues/82#issue-727629226
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/1244

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