rustsec-2026-0124
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-03-29 12:00
Modified
2026-05-13 10:05
Summary
Potential Panic on Overlong Ciphertext Buffer
Details
An application that passes in a ciphertext buffer of length greater
than ptxt.len() + TAG_LEN to libcrux_chacha20poly1305::encrypt or
libcrux_chacha20poly1305::xchacha20_poly1305::encrypt would
experience a panic.
Impact
An application where the length of the ciphertext buffer is under attacker control could be made to crash.
Mitigation
The fix makes it so that libcrux_chacha20poly1305::encrypt and
libcrux_chacha20poly1305::xchacha20_poly1305::encrypt no longer
panic in this case, but instead write out the ciphertext and tag into
the first ptxt.len() + TAG_LEN bytes of the provided buffer.
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"categories": [],
"cvss": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"informational": null
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"affected_functions": null,
"affects": {
"arch": [],
"functions": [
"libcrux_chacha20poly1305::encrypt",
"libcrux_chacha20poly1305::xchacha20_poly1305::encrypt"
],
"os": []
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "crates.io",
"name": "libcrux-chacha20poly1305",
"purl": "pkg:cargo/libcrux-chacha20poly1305"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0.0.0-0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.0.8"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"versions": []
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"license": "CC0-1.0"
},
"details": "An application that passes in a ciphertext buffer of length greater\nthan `ptxt.len() + TAG_LEN` to `libcrux_chacha20poly1305::encrypt` or\n`libcrux_chacha20poly1305::xchacha20_poly1305::encrypt` would\nexperience a panic.\n\n## Impact\nAn application where the length of the ciphertext buffer is under\nattacker control could be made to crash.\n\n## Mitigation\nThe fix makes it so that `libcrux_chacha20poly1305::encrypt` and\n`libcrux_chacha20poly1305::xchacha20_poly1305::encrypt` no longer\npanic in this case, but instead write out the ciphertext and tag into\nthe first `ptxt.len() + TAG_LEN` bytes of the provided buffer.",
"id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0124",
"modified": "2026-05-13T10:05:44Z",
"published": "2026-03-29T12:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://crates.io/crates/libcrux-chacha20poly1305"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0124.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/cryspen/libcrux/pull/1386"
}
],
"related": [],
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Potential Panic on Overlong Ciphertext Buffer"
}
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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