highVulnerability

GHSA-xrf2-5r3p-5wgj

During ML-DSA verification the serialized hint values are decoded as specified in algorithm 22 `HintBitUnpack` of [FIPS 204, subsection 7.1](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.204.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A120%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22FitH%22%7D%2C657%5D). The algorithm requires that the cumulative hint counters per row of the hint vector are strictly increasing and below a maximum value which depends on the choice of ML-DSA parameter set (line 4). In libcrux-ml-dsa, hint decoding did not check the boundedness of the cumulative hint counter of the last row of the hint vector. ## Impact A manipulated invalid hint can cause an out-of-bounds memory access since the hint decoding logic may attempt to read outside the bounds of the serialized signature, causing a runtime panic. ## Mitigation Starting from version `0.0.8`, hint decoding will check the cumulative hint counter of the last row as well.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-xrf2-5r3p-5wgj
severity
high
summary
libcrux: Panic in Signature Hint Decoding During Verification
cve_id
GHSA-xrf2-5r3p-5wgj
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-03-26T17:58:16Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrf2-5r3p-5wgj
ghsa_updated
2026-03-26T17:58:16Z

Related Entities (4)

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]rust/libcrux-ml-dsa

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

[Weakness]Out-of-bounds Read
[Weakness]Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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