# CVE-2026-41677: rust-openssl: Out-of-bounds read in PEM password callback when user callback returns an oversized length

- Also known as: GHSA-XMGF-HQ76-4VX2
- Severity: CVSS 1.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.78
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-04-24

## Affected

- rust-openssl: from 0.9.0, fixed in 0.10.78
- openssl (crates.io): from 0.9.0, fixed in 0.10.78

## Description

rust-openssl provides OpenSSL bindings for the Rust programming language. From 0.9.0 to before 0.10.78, the *_from_pem_callback APIs did not validate the length returned by the user's callback. A password callback that returns a value larger than the buffer it was given can cause some versions of OpenSSL to over-read this buffer. OpenSSL 3.x is not affected by this. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.78.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rust-openssl, openssl, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.78) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-xmgf-hq76-4vx2

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