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🛡️ GHSA-cp57-fq8g-qh6v — libcrux-ml-dsa

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-347 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

libcrux has an Incorrect Check of Signer Response Norm During Verification

The ML-DSA verification algorithm as specified in [FIPS 204, subsection 6.3](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.204.pdf#subsection.6.3) requires verifiers to check that the infinity norm of the deserialized signer response $z$ does not exceed $\gamma_1 - \beta$ (line 13 of Algorithm 8). The same check is required to be performed during signature generation.

libcrux-ml-dsa did not perform this check correctly during signature verification, accepting signatures with signer response norm above the allowed maximum value. The check is correctly performed during signing.

Impact

Applications using libcrux-ml-dsa for signature verification would have accepted signatures that would be rejected by a conforming implementation.

Mitigation

Starting from version 0.0.8, signature verification uses the correct value for $\gamma_1$ in the signer response norm check.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this 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

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

GHSA-cp57-fq8g-qh6v is classified as CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. A signature is not checked correctly, so forged or modified content is accepted as genuine.

Affected software

GHSA-cp57-fq8g-qh6v is recorded against 1 package.

  • libcrux-ml-dsa

Timeline and source

Published on 26 March 2026 and last revised on 27 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
rustsec.org (Web)

Other advisories for this package

libcrux-ml-dsa has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS 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
CWE CWE-347
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-03-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libcrux-ml-dsa — —

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