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TI-2026-66777 Aliases GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f

libcrux: Potential Panic on Overlong Ciphertext Buffer

Priority LOW 38CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

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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

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.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed libcrux-chacha20poly1305 (crates.io): 0.0.8

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—libcrux-chacha20poly1305 (crates.io)before 0.0.80.0.8Patch availableGHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f
  • libcrux-chacha20poly1305 (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.8 Fixed in 0.0.8 Patch available GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f libcrux-chacha20poly1305 (crates.io) Fixed in 0.0.8 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f

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