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TI-2023-24777 Aliases CVE-2023-46135GHSA-5873-6fwq-463f

Panic in SignedPayload::from_payload

Priority HIGH 72CWE-248Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.

Summary

rs-stellar-strkey is a Rust lib for encode/decode of Stellar Strkeys. A panic vulnerability occurs when a specially crafted payload is used.`inner_payload_len` should not above 64. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.0.8.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00951 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed rs-stellar-strkey (stellar): 0.0.8stellar-strkey (crates.io): 0.0.8

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
stellarrs-stellar-strkeybefore 0.0.80.0.8Patch availableCNA
—stellar-strkey (crates.io)before 0.0.80.0.8Patch availableGHSA-5873-6fwq-463f
  • rs-stellar-strkey Vendorstellar Affected before 0.0.8 Fixed in 0.0.8 Patch available CNA
  • stellar-strkey (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.8 Fixed in 0.0.8 Patch available GHSA-5873-6fwq-463f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:stellar:rs-stellar-strkey:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*before 0.0.8Vulnerablestellar
  • cpe:2.3:a:stellar:rs-stellar-strkey:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions before 0.0.8 Vulnerable ·stellar

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA rs-stellar-strkey (stellar) Fixed in 0.0.8
  • Fix · GHSA-5873-6fwq-463f stellar-strkey (crates.io) Fixed in 0.0.8 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46135
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5873-6fwq-463f

References

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