Description
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-pqf5-4pqq-29f5
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-131
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (2)
crates.io/openssl
0.9.27 - 0.10.78crates.io
rust-openssl_project/rust-openssl
0.9.27 - 0.10.78
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 24, 2026