# CVE-2023-46234: browserify-sign vulnerable via an upper bound check issue in \`dsaVerify\` that leads to a signature forgery attack

- Also known as: GHSA-X9W5-V3Q2-3RHW
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.2
- Published: 2023-10-26 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- browserify browserify-sign: from 2.6.0, through 4.2.1
- browserify-sign (npm): from 2.6.0, fixed in 4.2.2

## Description

browserify-sign is a package to duplicate the functionality of node's crypto public key functions, much of this is based on Fedor Indutny's work on indutny/tls.js. An upper bound check issue in `dsaVerify` function allows an attacker to construct signatures that can be successfully verified by any public key, thus leading to a signature forgery attack. All places in this project that involve DSA verification of user-input signatures will be affected by this vulnerability. This issue has been patched in version 4.2.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on browserify browserify-sign, browserify-sign, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/browserify/browserify-sign/security/advisories/GHSA-x9w5-v3q2-3rhw
- https://github.com/browserify/browserify-sign/commit/85994cd6348b50f2fd1b73c54e20881416f44a30
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00040.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5539
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6PVVPNSAGSDS63HQ74PJ7MZ3MU5IYNVZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3HUE6ZR5SL73KHL7XUPAOEL6SB7HUDT2/

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