sm-crypto provides JavaScript implementations of the Chinese cryptographic algorithms SM2, SM3, and SM4. Prior to 0.5.0, the default no-argument sm2.generateKeyPairHex() path in Node.js uses the module-wide SecureRandom instance in src/sm2/utils.js, supplied by jsbn@1.1.0, which seeds an ARC4 stream from Math.random() and new Date().getTime() because window.crypto.getRandomValues is unavailable even though globalThis.crypto exists. An attacker who can observe the process's Math.random() outputs and estimate the key-generation time can reconstruct the seed, recover generated SM2 private keys, and predict signing ephemeral scalars used to forge signatures. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.0.
History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juneandgreen
Juneandgreen sm-crypto
Vendors & Products Juneandgreen
Juneandgreen sm-crypto

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description sm-crypto provides JavaScript implementations of the Chinese cryptographic algorithms SM2, SM3, and SM4. Prior to 0.5.0, the default no-argument sm2.generateKeyPairHex() path in Node.js uses the module-wide SecureRandom instance in src/sm2/utils.js, supplied by jsbn@1.1.0, which seeds an ARC4 stream from Math.random() and new Date().getTime() because window.crypto.getRandomValues is unavailable even though globalThis.crypto exists. An attacker who can observe the process's Math.random() outputs and estimate the key-generation time can reconstruct the seed, recover generated SM2 private keys, and predict signing ephemeral scalars used to forge signatures. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.0.
Title sm-crypto: Predictable SM2 key generation in Node.js: default RNG uses Math.random + wall clock
Weaknesses CWE-338
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T17:40:54.016Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T20:53:46.381Z

Link: CVE-2026-73567

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T18:18:19.387

Modified: 2026-08-13T18:18:19.387

Link: CVE-2026-73567

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T18:45:04Z