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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/1c4aed808a7aea32d2d013049c2e0d9fef164fc9 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/20b20628d39b2dcc4677194bd68c7c060fa598cb Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/419f5cb519721dceed393dbc524d79e487c72e64 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6b90445a56b99a328ac1feba058abf976504f440 Patch
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260929.txt Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 3.7 · opensslNVD modified 2026-10-08 01:20
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/1c4aed808a7aea32d2d013049c2e0d9fef164fc9 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/20b20628d39b2dcc4677194bd68c7c060fa598cb Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/419f5cb519721dceed393dbc524d79e487c72e64 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6b90445a56b99a328ac1feba058abf976504f440 Patch
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260929.txt Vendor Advisory