libcrux has All-Zero Key Generation Upon Catastrophic RNG Failure
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
The libcrux-ed25519 key generation samples Ed25519 secret keys from a provided CSPRNG in a loop for up to 100 attempts until a non-zero key is found. If a non-zero key could not be sampled within 100 attempts the key generation function would silently continue with an all-zero buffer as the secret key. ## Impact This bug only occurs in the event of a catastrophic failure of the CSPRNG, but would allow anyone to forge signatures under the resulting static signing key. ## Mitigation Instead of silently continuing with an all-zero signing key, starting from version `0.0.7` key generation will error in the case of 100 failed attempts at sampling a valid key.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | libcrux-ed25519 (crates.io) | before 0.0.7 | 0.0.7 | Patch available | GHSA-434v-x5qv-pmh6 |
- libcrux-ed25519 (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.7 Fixed in 0.0.7 Patch available GHSA-434v-x5qv-pmh6
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-434v-x5qv-pmh6 libcrux-ed25519 (crates.io) Fixed in 0.0.7 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-434v-x5qv-pmh6
References
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