CVE-2026-33936

python-ecdsa: The `ecdsa` PyPI package is a pure Python implementation of ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) with support for ECDSA...

CVE-2026-33936 is fixed in python-ecdsa on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33936, released March 27, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.3
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0049
41st percentile

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 DER parsing functions can cause unexpected exceptions to be raised from the public API functions. `ecdsa.der.remove_octet_string()` accepts truncated DER where the encoded length exceeds the available buffer. For example, an OCTET STRING that declares a length of 4096 bytes but provides only 3 bytes is parsed successfully instead of being rejected. Because of that, a crafted DER input can cause `SigningKey.from_der()` to raise an internal exception (`IndexError: index out of bounds on dimension 1`) rather than cleanly rejecting malformed DER (e.g., raising `UnexpectedDER` or `ValueError`). Applications that parse untrusted DER private keys may crash if they do not handle unexpected exceptions, resulting in a denial of service. Version 0.19.2 patches the issue.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
python-ecdsa · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 0.19.1-1+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33936 Mar 27, 2026
python-ecdsa · Debian 14 0.19.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33936 Mar 27, 2026
python-ecdsa · opensuse-leap 15.6 0.18.0-150400.12.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1436-1 Apr 17, 2026
python-ecdsa · opensuse-leap 16.0 0.19.1-160000.4.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21078-1 Jun 18, 2026
python-ecdsa · sles 15.7 0.13.3-150000.3.10.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1608-1 Apr 24, 2026
python-ecdsa · sles 16.0 0.19.1-160000.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22158-1 Jun 18, 2026

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