soroban-sdk has overflow in Bytes::slice, Vec::slice, GenRange::gen_range for u64
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stellar | rs-soroban-sdk | before 22.0.9; 23.0.0 to before 23.5.1; 25.0.0 to before 25.0.2 | 22.0.9, 23.5.1, 25.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | soroban-sdk (crates.io) | 25.0.0 to before 25.0.2 | 25.0.2 | Patch available | GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f |
| — | soroban-sdk (crates.io) | 23.0.0 to before 23.5.1 | 23.5.1 | Patch available | GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f |
| — | soroban-sdk (crates.io) | before 22.0.9 | 22.0.9 | Patch available | GHSA-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
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 25.0.2 | Vulnerable | stellar |
- 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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24889
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f
References
Patch 5
- https://github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f
- https://github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-sdk/pull/1703
- https://github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-sdk/commit/3890521426d71bb4d892b21f5a283a1e836cfa38
- https://github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-sdk/commit/59fcef437260ed4da42d1efb357137a5c166c02e
- https://github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-sdk/commit/c2757c6d774dbb28b34a0b77ffe282e59f0f8462
More stellar Rs-soroban-sdk vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-24889 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-24889 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-96xm-fv9w-pf3f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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