GHSA-8c75-8mhr-p7r9
rust-openssl has incorrect bounds assertion in aes key wrap
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Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
``aes::unwrap_key()`` has an incorrect bounds assertion on the out buffer size, which can lead to out-of-bounds write.
### Details
``aes::unwrap_key()`` contains an incorrect assertion: it checks that `out.len() + 8 <= in_.len()`, but this condition is reversed. The intended invariant is `out.len() >= in_.len() - 8`, ensuring the output buffer is large enough.
Because of the inverted check, the function only accepts buffers at or below the minimum required size and rejects larger ones. If a smaller buffer is provided the function will write past the end of `out` by `in_.len() - 8 - out.len()` bytes, causing an out-of-bounds write from a safe public function.
### Impact
Vulnerable applications using AES keywrap and allowing attacker controlled buffer sizes could have an attacker trigger an out-of-bounds write.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-8c75-8mhr-p7r9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41678
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/pull/2604
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/commit/718d07ff8ff7be417d5b7a6a0047f1607520b3b6
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/releases/tag/openssl-v0.10.78