RSA result corruption via zero-modulus JWK
Published Mar 23, 2026 · Updated Mar 23, 2026
Divide-by-zero handling in jsrsasign before 11.1.1 allows attackers to corrupt RSA public-key results via a zero-modulus JWK. RSASetPublic accepts a modulus that decodes to zero, while BigInteger.modPowInt returns after a zero divisor instead of rejecting it. Reachability requires an application to pass attacker-controlled JWK material into KEYUTIL; verification and encryption then produce deterministic zero outputs while invalid-key errors remain hidden.
Summary
What happened
Divide-by-zero handling in jsrsasign before 11.1.1 allows attackers to corrupt RSA public-key results via a zero-modulus JWK. RSASetPublic accepts a modulus that decodes to zero, while BigInteger.modPowInt returns after a zero divisor instead of rejecting it. Reachability requires an application to pass attacker-controlled JWK material into KEYUTIL; verification and encryption then produce deterministic zero outputs while invalid-key errors remain hidden.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-4603
- Published
- Mar 23, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 23, 2026
- Vendor
- jsrsasign project
- Product
- jsrsasign
- Classifications
- CWE-369, T1600
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <11.1.1
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Public exploit references
- Zero-modulus JWK proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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