CVE-2026-2681 (GCVE-0-2026-2681)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-19 06:58 – Updated: 2026-02-19 21:32
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Title
Github.com/supranational/blst: blst cryptographic library: denial of service via out-of-bounds stack write in key generation
Summary
A flaw was found in the blst cryptographic library. This out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability, specifically in the blst_sha256_bcopy assembly routine, occurs due to a missing zero-length guard. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a zero-length salt parameter to key generation functions, such as blst_keygen_v5(), if the application exposes this functionality. Successful exploitation leads to memory corruption and immediate process termination, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.3.16 (semver)
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Kr0emer for reporting this issue.
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