CVE-2026-32129CWE-328

Poseidon V1 variable-length input collision via implicit zero-padding

High · published March 12, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

soroban-poseidon provides Poseidon and Poseidon2 cryptographic hash functions for Soroban smart contracts. 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00331 · 25.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-328 · Use of Weak Hash
Published
2026-03-12T17:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAR 17:47Z
    Poseidon V1 variable-length input collision via implicit zero-padding
    cvelistv5