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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-77696

Issue summary: SM2 signature generation uses non-constant-time arithmetic on secret values, forming a timing side-channel. Impact summary: An attacker...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Issue summary: SM2 signature generation uses non-constant-time arithmetic on secret values, forming a timing side-channel. Impact summary: An attacker able to measure SM2 signing times may learn information about the per-signature secret nonce, which over many signatures can, via a lattice / Hidden Number Problem attack, lead to recovery of the private key. CWE: CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy Description: SM2 signature generation computes the signature value using variable-time BIGNUM operations on the secret nonce and the private key, so the time taken to produce an SM2 signature depends on these secret values, forming a timing side-channel. Applications performing SM2 signature generation are affected on all platforms. FIPS Impact: no SM2 is not a FIPS algorithm.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS openssl
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Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm19"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS edk2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS nodejs
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:16.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23+esm11"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS openssl1.0
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.13+esm7"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS edk2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS nodejs
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS edk2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24+esm6"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS edk2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.2-0ubuntu1.30"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS nodejs
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS openssl-fips
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS openssl-fips
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS edk2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.13-0ubuntu3.16"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS openssl-fips
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 edk2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 edk2-hwe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS edk2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS edk2-hwe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.5-1ubuntu3.6"}]}]

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