{"id":"CVE-2024-53856","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53856","EUVD-2024-3456","GHSA-9rmp-2568-59rv","RUSTSEC-2024-0447"],"status":"published","title":"rPGP Panics on Malformed Untrusted Input","description":"rPGP is a pure Rust implementation of OpenPGP. Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows an attacker to trigger rpgp crashes by providing crafted data. 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Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows an attacker to trigger rpgp crashes by providing crafted data. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.1.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-05T15:24:36.049Z","modified":"2024-12-09T20:23:09.592Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-130","CWE-148","CWE-617"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:17.523201Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-3456","description":"rPGP is a pure Rust implementation of OpenPGP. Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows an attacker to trigger rpgp crashes by providing crafted data. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.1.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-05T15:24:36Z","modified":"2024-12-09T20:23:09Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:38.257628Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-9rmp-2568-59rv","title":"rPGP Panics on Malformed Untrusted Input","description":"During a security audit, [Radically Open Security](https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/) discovered several reachable edge cases which allow an attacker to trigger `rpgp` crashes by providing crafted data.\n\n### Impact\nWhen processing malformed input, `rpgp` can run into Rust panics which halt the program.\n\nThis can happen in the following scenarios:\n* Parsing OpenPGP messages from binary or armor format\n* Decrypting OpenPGP messages via `decrypt_with_password()`\n* Parsing or converting public keys\n* Parsing signed cleartext messages from armor format\n* Using malformed private keys to sign or encrypt\n\nGiven the affected components, we consider most attack vectors to be reachable by remote attackers during typical use cases of the `rpgp` library. The attack complexity is low since the malformed messages are generic, short, and require no victim-specific knowledge.\n\nThe result is a denial-of-service impact via program termination. There is no impact to confidentiality or integrity security properties.\n\n### Versions and Patches\nAll recent versions are affected by at least some of the above mentioned issues. \n\nThe vulnerabilities have been fixed with version `0.14.1`. We recommend all users to upgrade to this version.\n\n### References\n\n\nThe security audit was made possible by the [NLnet Foundation NGI Zero Core](https://nlnet.nl/core/) grant program [for rpgp](https://nlnet.nl/project/rPGP-cryptorefresh/).","status":"published","published":"2024-12-05T17:30:52Z","modified":"2025-12-26T16:30:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"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","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-130","CWE-248","CWE-617"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:14.093341Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-53856","description":"rPGP is a pure Rust implementation of OpenPGP. Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows an attacker to trigger rpgp crashes by providing crafted data. 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The attack complexity is low since the malformed messages are generic, short, and require no victim-specific knowledge.\n\nThe result is a denial-of-service impact via program termination. There is no impact to confidentiality or integrity security properties.\n\n### Versions and Patches\nAll recent versions are affected by at least some of the above mentioned issues. \n\nThe vulnerabilities have been fixed with version `0.14.1`. We recommend all users to upgrade to this version.\n\n### References\n\n\nThe security audit was made possible by the [NLnet Foundation NGI Zero Core](https://nlnet.nl/core/) grant program [for rpgp](https://nlnet.nl/project/rPGP-cryptorefresh/).","status":"published","published":"2024-12-05T17:30:52Z","modified":"2025-12-26T17:38:33.900409Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"},{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"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","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-130","CWE-248","CWE-617"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:44.225359Z"},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2024-0447","title":"Panics on Malformed Untrusted Input","description":"During a security audit, Radically Open Security discovered\nseveral reachable edge cases which allow an attacker to\ntrigger rpgp crashes by providing crafted data.\n\n## Impact\n\nWhen processing malformed input, rpgp can run into Rust panics which halt\nthe program.\n\nThis can happen in the following scenarios:\n\n * Parsing OpenPGP messages from binary or armor format\n * Decrypting OpenPGP messages via decrypt_with_password()\n * Parsing or converting public keys\n * Parsing signed cleartext messages from armor format\n * Using malformed private keys to sign or encrypt\n\nGiven the affected components, we consider most attack vectors to be\nreachable by remote attackers during typical use cases of the rpgp\nlibrary. The attack complexity is low since the malformed messages\nare generic, short, and require no victim-specific knowledge.\n\nThe result is a denial-of-service impact via program termination.\nThere is no impact to confidentiality or integrity security properties.\n\n## Versions and Patches\n\nAll recent versions are affected by at least some of the above mentioned\nissues.\n\nThe vulnerabilities have been fixed with version 0.14.1. We recommend\nall users to upgrade to this version.\n\n## References\n\nThe security audit was made possible by the NLnet Foundation\nNGI Zero Core grant program for rpgp.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-05T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-12T18:00:10.950989137Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:39.971022Z"}]}}