Cryptanalysis of a multivariate CCZ scheme

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Main Authors: Caminata, Alessio, Gorla, Elisa, Mabe, Madison, Vigorito, Martina, Villa, Irene
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Published: 2025
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author Caminata, Alessio
Gorla, Elisa
Mabe, Madison
Vigorito, Martina
Villa, Irene
author_facet Caminata, Alessio
Gorla, Elisa
Mabe, Madison
Vigorito, Martina
Villa, Irene
contents We consider the multivariate scheme Pesto, which was introduced by Calderini, Caminata, and Villa. In this scheme, the public polynomials are obtained by applying a CCZ transformation to a set of quadratic secret polynomials. As a consequence, the public key consists of polynomials of degree 4. In this work, we show that the public degree 4 polynomial system can be efficiently reduced to a system of quadratic polynomials. This seems to suggest that the CCZ transformation may not offer a significant increase in security, contrary to what was initially believed.
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spellingShingle Cryptanalysis of a multivariate CCZ scheme
Caminata, Alessio
Gorla, Elisa
Mabe, Madison
Vigorito, Martina
Villa, Irene
Cryptography and Security
Symbolic Computation
We consider the multivariate scheme Pesto, which was introduced by Calderini, Caminata, and Villa. In this scheme, the public polynomials are obtained by applying a CCZ transformation to a set of quadratic secret polynomials. As a consequence, the public key consists of polynomials of degree 4. In this work, we show that the public degree 4 polynomial system can be efficiently reduced to a system of quadratic polynomials. This seems to suggest that the CCZ transformation may not offer a significant increase in security, contrary to what was initially believed.
title Cryptanalysis of a multivariate CCZ scheme
topic Cryptography and Security
Symbolic Computation
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15449