Paper 2024/2081

Generalized Cryptanalysis of Cubic Pell RSA

Abstract

The RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) cryptosystem is a fundamental algorithm of public key cryptography and is widely used across various information domains. For an RSA modulus represented as $N = pq$, with its factorization remaining unknown, security vulnerabilities arise when attackers exploit the key equation $ed-k(p-1)(q-1)=1$. To enhance the security, Murru and Saettone introduced cubic Pell RSA --- a variant of RSA based on the cubic Pell equation, where the key equation becomes $ed-k(p^2+p+1)(q^2+q+1)=1$. In this paper, we further investigate the security implications surrounding the generalized key equation $eu-(p^2+p+1)(q^2+q+1)v=w$. We present a novel attack strategy aimed at recovering the prime factors $p$ and $q$ under specific conditions satisfied by $u$, $v$, and $w$. Our generalized attack employs lattice-based Coppersmith's techniques and extends several previous attack scenarios, thus deepening the understanding of mathematical cryptanalysis.