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TI-2026-20074 Aliases CVE-2026-24889GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f

soroban-sdk has overflow in Bytes::slice, Vec::slice, GenRange::gen_range for u64

Priority LOW 30CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

soroban-sdk is a Rust SDK for Soroban contracts. Arithmetic overflow can be triggered in the `Bytes::slice`, `Vec::slice`, and `Prng::gen_range` (for `u64`) methods in the `soroban-sdk` in versions up to and including `25.0.1`, `23.5.1`, and `25.0.2`. Contracts that pass user-controlled or computed range bounds to `Bytes::slice`, `Vec::slice`, or `Prng::gen_range` may silently operate on incorrect data ranges or generate random numbers from an unintended range, potentially resulting in corrupted contract state. Note that the best practice when using the `soroban-sdk` and building Soroban contracts is to always enable `overflow-checks = true`. The `stellar contract init` tool that prepares the boiler plate for a Soroban contract, as well as all examples and docs, encourage the use of configuring `overflow-checks = true` on `release` profiles so that these arithmetic operations fail rather than silently wrap. Contracts are only impacted if they use `overflow-checks = false` either explicitly or implicitly. It is anticipated the majority of contracts could not be impacted because the best practice encouraged by tooling is to enable `overflow-checks`. The fix available in `25.0.1`, `23.5.1`, and `25.0.2` replaces bare arithmetic with `checked_add` / `checked_sub`, ensuring overflow traps regardless of the `overflow-checks` profile setting. As a workaround, contract workspaces can be configured with a profile available in the GitHub Securtity Advisory to enable overflow checks on the arithmetic operations. This is the best practice when developing Soroban contracts, and the default if using the contract boilerplate generated using `stellar contract init`. Alternatively, contracts can validate range bounds before passing them to `slice` or `gen_range` to ensure the conversions cannot overflow.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00384 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed rs-soroban-sdk (stellar): 22.0.9, 23.5.1, 25.0.2soroban-sdk (crates.io): 25.0.2, 23.5.1, 22.0.9

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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-soroban-sdkbefore 22.0.9; 23.0.0 to before 23.5.1; 25.0.0 to before 25.0.222.0.9, 23.5.1, 25.0.2Patch availableCNA
—soroban-sdk (crates.io)25.0.0 to before 25.0.225.0.2Patch availableGHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f
—soroban-sdk (crates.io)23.0.0 to before 23.5.123.5.1Patch availableGHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f
—soroban-sdk (crates.io)before 22.0.922.0.9Patch availableGHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f
  • rs-soroban-sdk Vendorstellar Affected before 22.0.9; 23.0.0 to before 23.5.1; 25.0.0 to before 25.0.2 Fixed in 22.0.9, 23.5.1, 25.0.2 Patch available CNA
  • soroban-sdk (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 25.0.0 to before 25.0.2 Fixed in 25.0.2 Patch available GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f
  • soroban-sdk (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 23.0.0 to before 23.5.1 Fixed in 23.5.1 Patch available GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f
  • soroban-sdk (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 22.0.9 Fixed in 22.0.9 Patch available GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:stellar:rs-soroban-sdk:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*before 22.0.9; 23.0.0 to before 23.5.1; 25.0.0 to before 25.0.2Vulnerablestellar
  • cpe:2.3:a:stellar:rs-soroban-sdk:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions before 22.0.9; 23.0.0 to before 23.5.1; 25.0.0 to before 25.0.2 Vulnerable ·stellar

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA rs-soroban-sdk (stellar) Fixed in 22.0.9, 23.5.1, 25.0.2
  • Fix · GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f soroban-sdk (crates.io) Fixed in 25.0.2 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f soroban-sdk (crates.io) Fixed in 23.5.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f soroban-sdk (crates.io) Fixed in 22.0.9 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24889
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f

References

  • TI-2026-21237 rs-soroban-sdk #[contractimpl] macro calls inherent function instead of trait function when names collide CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-24850 soroban-sdk: `Fr` scalar field equality comparison bypasses modular reduction CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

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