New Critical Vulnerability in Cryptocat

New Critical Vulnerability in Cryptocat: A few weeks ago, a volunteer named Steve Thomas pointed out a vulnerability in the way key pairs were generated for Cryptocat’s group chat. The vulnerability was quickly resolved and an update was pushed. We sincerely thank Steve for his invaluable effort.

The vulnerability was so that any conversations had over Cryptocat’s group chat function, between versions 2.0 and 2.0.42 (2.0.42 not included), were easier to crack via brute force. The period between 2.0 and 2.0.42 covered approximately seven months. Group conversations that were had during those seven months were likely vulnerable to being significantly easier to crack.

Once Steve reported the vulnerability, it was fixed immediately and the update was pushed. We’ve thanked Steve and added his name on our Cryptocat Bughunt page’s wall of fame.