CVE-2026-41676CWE-131CWE-787

rust-openssl: Deriver::derive and PkeyCtxRef::derive can overflow short buffers on OpenSSL 1.1.1

High · published April 24, 2026

CVSS v4.0
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

rust-openssl provides OpenSSL bindings for the Rust programming language. From 0.9.27 to before 0.10.78, Deriver::derive (and PkeyCtxRef::derive) sets len = buf.len() and passes it as the in/out length to EVP_PKEY_derive, relying on OpenSSL to honor it. On OpenSSL 1.1.x, X25519, X448, DH and HKDF-extract ignore the incoming *keylen, unconditionally writing the full shared secret (32/56/prime-size bytes). A caller passing a short slice gets a heap/stack overflow from safe code. OpenSSL 3.x providers do check, so this only impacts older OpenSSL. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.78.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
EPSS
0.00285 · 19.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-04-24T17:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 17:16Z
    rust-openssl: Deriver::derive and PkeyCtxRef::derive can overflow short buffers on OpenSSL 1.1.1
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