highVulnerability
GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f
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.
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f
- summary
- libcrux: Potential Panic on Overlong Ciphertext Buffer
- severity
- high
- cve_id
- GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-05-19T16:18:33Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hc3c-63hc-2r9f
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-05-19T16:18:36Z
Related Entities (4)
REPORTED_BY (1)
→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database
VULNERABLE_TO (1)
←[Software]rust/libcrux-chacha20poly1305
AFFECTS (1)
→[Software]rust/libcrux-chacha20poly1305
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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