[Resource Topic] 2025/1292: Improved Key Attack on the MinRank Encryption Scheme based on Matrix Codes

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Title:
Improved Key Attack on the MinRank Encryption Scheme based on Matrix Codes

Authors: Anmoal Porwal, Antonia Wachter-Zeh, Pierre Loidreau

Abstract:

We introduce a new key recovery attack on the public-key encryption scheme using matrix codes proposed by Aragon et al. in Asiacrypt 2024. The secret key is a matrix code obtained by expanding an \mathbb{F}_{q^m}-linear Gabidulin code over an \mathbb{F}_{q}-basis of \mathbb{F}_{q^m}. This code is hidden by appending random rows and columns to a basis and then left- and right-multiplying by scrambling matrices. We show how to recover the secret code with an exponential complexity that is generally better than the current best distinguisher. This also breaks a few of their proposed parameters. Our attack does not rely on the Gabidulin structure and thus applies to most \mathbb{F}_{q^m}-linear codes hidden by their transform.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1292

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