python-ecdsa: Denial of Service via improper DER length validation in crafted private keys

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CVE-2026-33936 python-ecdsa: Denial of Service via improper DER length validation in crafted private keys

The ecdsa PyPI package is a pure Python implementation of ECC Elliptic Curve Cryptography with support for ECDSA Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, EdDSA Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm and ECDH Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman. Prior to version 0.19.2, an issue in the low-level D...

python-ecdsa: Denial of Service via improper DER length validation in crafted private keys

Summary An issue in the low-level DER parsing functions can cause unexpected exceptions to be raised from the public API functions. 1. ecdsa.der.removeoctetstring accepts truncated DER where the encoded length exceeds the available buffer. For example, an OCTET STRING that declares a length of 40...