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🛡️ RUSTSEC-2026-0076 — libcrux-ml-dsa

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Panic in Signature Hint Decoding During Verification

During ML-DSA verification the serialized hint values are decoded as

specified in algorithm 22 HintBitUnpack of [FIPS 204, subsection

7.1](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.204.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A120%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22FitH%22%7D%2C657%5D). The

algorithm requires that the cumulative hint counters per row of the

hint vector are strictly increasing and below a maximum value which

depends on the choice of ML-DSA parameter set (line 4).

In libcrux-ml-dsa, hint decoding did not check the boundedness of the

cumulative hint counter of the last row of the hint vector.

Impact

A manipulated invalid hint can cause an out-of-bounds memory access

since the hint decoding logic may attempt to read outside the bounds

of the serialized signature, causing a runtime panic.

Mitigation

Starting from version 0.0.8, hint decoding will check the cumulative

hint counter of the last row as well.

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 none, availability high.

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:N/VA:H/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: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

RUSTSEC-2026-0076 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libcrux-ml-dsa

Timeline and source

Published on 4 March 2026 and last revised on 27 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

crates.io (Package)
rustsec.org (Advisory)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-04
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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