CVE-2026-41565CWE-121

CryptX versions before 0.088_001 for Perl have a stack buffer overflow in four AEAD decrypt_verify helpers

High · published May 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
56.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

CryptX versions before 0.088_001 for Perl have a stack buffer overflow in four AEAD decrypt_verify helpers.

The gcm_decrypt_verify, ccm_decrypt_verify, chacha20poly1305_decrypt_verify and eax_decrypt_verify XS routines copied the caller-supplied authentication tag into a fixed 144-byte stack buffer (MAXBLOCKSIZE) without checking the supplied length. A longer tag overwrites the stack past the buffer. Version 0.088 added the clamp to gcm_decrypt_verify, and 0.088_001 added it to the other three.

Any caller of an affected helper that forwards an attacker-controlled tag longer than the buffer can trigger the overflow.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00802 · 56.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-05-28T14:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAY 14:13Z
    CryptX versions before 0.088_001 for Perl have a stack buffer overflow in four AEAD decrypt_verify helpers
    cvelistv5