# CVE-2026-44662: rust-openssl: Heap buffer overflow when encrypting with AES key-wrap-with-padding

- Also known as: GHSA-XV59-967R-8726
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.79
- Published: 2026-05-14 · Updated: 2026-05-16

## Affected

- rust-openssl: from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.10.79
- openssl (crates.io): from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.10.79

## Description

rust-openssl provides OpenSSL bindings for the Rust programming language. From 0.10.0 to before 0.10.79, CipherCtxRef::cipher_update, CipherCtxRef::cipher_update_vec, and symm::Crypter::update incorrectly sized output buffers when used with AES key-wrap-with-padding ciphers (EVP_aes_{128,192,256}_wrap_pad). For a non-multiple-of-8 input, OpenSSL writes up to 7 bytes past the end of the caller's buffer or Vec, producing attacker-controllable heap corruption when the plaintext length is attacker-influenced. This only impacts users using AES key-wrap-with-padding ciphers. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.10.79.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rust-openssl, openssl, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.79) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-xv59-967r-8726

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