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GHSA-h37v-hp6w-2pp8: ml-dsa's UseHint function has off by two error when r0 equals zero

February 2, 2026

There’s a bug in the use_hint function where it adds 1 instead of subtracting 1 when the decomposed low bits r0 equal exactly zero. FIPS 204 Algorithm 40 is pretty clear that r0 > 0 means strictly positive, but the current code treats zero as positive. This causes valid signatures to potentially fail verification when this edge case gets hit.

References

  • github.com/RustCrypto/signatures
  • github.com/RustCrypto/signatures/commit/10f4ff04cb43ef2b789ee06e885f11cd054b1335
  • github.com/RustCrypto/signatures/security/advisories/GHSA-h37v-hp6w-2pp8
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-h37v-hp6w-2pp8

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.1.0-rc.5

Fixed versions

  • 0.1.0-rc.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.1.0-rc.5 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-193: Off-by-one Error
  • CWE-682: Incorrect Calculation

Source file

cargo/ml-dsa/GHSA-h37v-hp6w-2pp8.yml

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