# CVE-2026-41898: rust-openssl: Unchecked callback-returned length in PSK and cookie generate trampolines can cause OpenSSL to leak adjacent memory to the network peer

- Also known as: GHSA-HPPC-G8H3-XHP3
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- 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 0.9.24, fixed in 0.10.78
- openssl (crates.io): from 0.9.24, fixed in 0.10.78

## Description

rust-openssl provides OpenSSL bindings for the Rust programming language. From 0.9.24 to before 0.10.78, the FFI trampolines behind SslContextBuilder::set_psk_client_callback, set_psk_server_callback, set_cookie_generate_cb, and set_stateless_cookie_generate_cb forwarded the user closure's returned usize directly to OpenSSL without checking it against the &mut [u8] that was handed to the closure. This can lead to buffer overflows and other unintended consequences. 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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-hppc-g8h3-xhp3
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/pull/2607
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/commit/1d109020d98fff2fb2e45c39a373af3dff99b24c
- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/releases/tag/openssl-v0.10.78

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