AIKIDO-2026-26118
@noble/curves is vulnerable to Observable Timing Discrepancy
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Low Risk
This Affects:
@noble/curvesTL;DR
The X25519 key-agreement code performs scalar multiplication and modular arithmetic whose execution time varies with secret key material. Remote timing measurement across many samples can observe this variation and recover a few bits of a long-term private key, primarily enabling fingerprinting of a key across deployments rather than full key recovery. The Montgomery ladder and un-precomputed point multiplication previously fell back to variable-time code paths and best-effort constant-time helpers. The fix adds secret-scalar blinding via a CSPRNG, uses a constant-time fixed-window multiply, and hardens the modular arithmetic helpers.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range and you perform X25519 key agreement using a long-term private key whose operation timing is observable to an external party.
Background info
@noble/curves is vulnerable to Observable Timing Discrepancy in versions 0.2.0 - 2.2.0.
How to fix this
Upgrade the @noble/curves library to the patch version.
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