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CVE-2026-41676: rust-openssl: Deriver::derive and PkeyCtxRef::derive can overflow short buffers on OpenSSL 1.1.1

April 22, 2026 (updated April 27, 2026)

Deriver::derive (and PkeyCtxRef::derive) sets len = buf.len() and passes it as the in/out length to EVP_PKEY_derive, relying on OpenSSL to honor it. On OpenSSL 1.1.x, X25519, X448, DH and HKDF-extract ignore the incoming *keylen, unconditionally writing the full shared secret (32/56/prime-size bytes). A caller passing a short slice gets a heap/stack overflow from safe code. OpenSSL 3.x providers do check, so this only impacts older OpenSSL.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-pqf5-4pqq-29f5
  • github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl
  • github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/commit/09b425e5f59a2466d806e71a83a9a449c914c596
  • github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/pull/2606
  • github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/releases/tag/openssl-v0.10.78
  • github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-pqf5-4pqq-29f5
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41676

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.9.27 before 0.10.78

Fixed versions

  • 0.10.78

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.78 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Source file

cargo/openssl/CVE-2026-41676.yml

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