# CVE-2023-26556: io.finnet tss-lib before 2.0.0 can leak a secret key via a timing side-channel attack because it relies on the scalar-multiplication impleme

- Also known as: GO-2023-1732, GHSA-3W84-4MJC-RJW7
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.6-0.20230324145555-bb6fb30bd3eb, 2.0.0
- Published: 2023-04-21 · Updated: 2025-02-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/bnb-chain/tss-lib (Go): fixed in 1.3.6-0.20230324145555-bb6fb30bd3eb
- github.com/binance-chain/tss-lib (Go): all versions
- github.com/bnb-chain/tss-lib (Go): fixed in 2.0.0
- github.com/binance-chain/tss-lib (Go): fixed in 2.0.0

## Description

io.finnet tss-lib before 2.0.0 can leak a secret key via a timing side-channel attack because it relies on the scalar-multiplication implementation in Go crypto/elliptic, which is not constant time (there is an if statement in a loop). One leak is in ecdsa/keygen/round_2.go. (bnb-chain/tss-lib and thorchain/tss are also affected.)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/bnb-chain/tss-lib, github.com/binance-chain/tss-lib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.6-0.20230324145555-bb6fb30bd3eb, 2.0.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/IoFinnet/tss-lib/releases/tag/v2.0.0
- https://github.com/bnb-chain/tss-lib/tree/v1.3.5
- https://gitlab.com/thorchain/tss/tss-lib/-/tags/v0.1.3
- https://medium.com/%40iofinnet/security-disclosure-for-ecdsa-and-eddsa-threshold-signature-schemes-4e969af7155b

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