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CVE-2026-32129: Poseidon V1 variable-length input collision via implicit zero-padding

March 13, 2026

Poseidon V1 (PoseidonSponge) accepts variable-length inputs without injective padding. When a caller provides fewer inputs than the sponge rate (inputs.len() < T - 1), unused rate positions are implicitly zero-filled. This allows trivial hash collisions: for any input vector [m1, ..., mk] hashed with a sponge of rate > k, hash([m1, ..., mk]) equals hash([m1, ..., mk, 0]) because both produce identical pre-permutation states.

This affects any use of PoseidonSponge or poseidon_hash where the number of inputs is less than T - 1 (e.g., hashing 1 input with T=3).

Poseidon2 (Poseidon2Sponge) is not affected — it encodes the input length in the capacity element (IV = input_len << 64), making different-length inputs produce distinct states.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2p6-hh5v-7hfm
  • github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-poseidon
  • github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-poseidon/commit/ceb20d3593fc4a8a951a7e99d8fa2344f8250a8c
  • github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-poseidon/pull/10
  • github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-poseidon/releases/tag/v25.0.1
  • github.com/stellar/rs-soroban-poseidon/security/advisories/GHSA-g2p6-hh5v-7hfm
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32129

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Affected versions

All versions before 25.0.1

Fixed versions

  • 25.0.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 25.0.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-328: Use of Weak Hash

Source file

cargo/soroban-poseidon/CVE-2026-32129.yml

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