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CVE-2019-16992 Details

Description

The Keybase app 2.13.2 for iOS provides potentially insufficient notice that it is employing a user's private key to sign a certain cryptocurrency attestation (that an address at keybase.io can be used for Stellar payments to the user), which might be incompatible with a user's personal position on the semantics of an attestation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/keybase/keybase-issues/issues/3583	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://sneak.berlin/20190929/keybase-backdoor/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/keybase/keybase-issues/issues/3583	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://sneak.berlin/20190929/keybase-backdoor/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-347	Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
keybase keybase	2.13.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:keybase:keybase:2.13.2:::::iphone_os:: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 8, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]