LOW 3.7 NVD
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 able to
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.
References
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/1c4aed808a7aea32d2d013049c2e0d9fef164fc9
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/20b20628d39b2dcc4677194bd68c7c060fa598cb
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/419f5cb519721dceed393dbc524d79e487c72e64
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6b90445a56b99a328ac1feba058abf976504f440
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260929.txt
This low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.7 was published on 2026-09-29 via NVD.
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