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vodozemac denial of service via malformed Ed25519 keys

RUSTSEC-2026-0510GHSA-PQP6-F7WC-6498

Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 0.11.2
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.11.2.

Published
Last modified
Reference
Last checked
10/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The vodozemac software panics when decoding malformed Ed25519 keys from Base64, crashing any application that parses an attacker-supplied key. The impact is limited to denial of service, since no key disclosure or signature forgery is possible.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

Read the original description

In version 0.11.1 and earlier of vodozemac, Ed25519PublicKey::from_base64() and Ed25519SecretKey::from_base64() panic on malformed input instead of returning an error, if the input decodes to 31 or 33 bytes instead of the expected 32 bytes. An attacker who can supply a key to an application using vodozemac can crash it.

Impact

Ed25519 public keys are routinely received from other Matrix users and servers, so a malicious party can publish a crafted key that crashes clients parsing it.

The impact is limited to denial of service; no key disclosure or signature forgery is possible.

cve.now Index

10Pcve.now Index 10 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure?/25Unknown. No advisory context yet
  • Reach10/20Affects crates.io packages
  • Severity?/10Unknown. No CVSS score or vendor rating
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 65 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 60 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 32 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.11.2.

Check your systems with an agent

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Check whether my systems are affected by RUSTSEC-2026-0510 (Panic when decoding malformed Ed25519 keys from Base64), using the cve.now data below.

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What cve.now has for RUSTSEC-2026-0510 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- crates.io package vodozemac: from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.11.2
Fixed versions: 0.11.2.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: RUSTSEC-2026-0510 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for RUSTSEC-2026-0510 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Packages (crates.io): find every lockfile in each project and run the stack.check operation of the cve.now MCP server (execute) on each one. Compare the resolved versions, not the ranges a manifest declares, with the affected versions above. Include transitive dependencies.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0510.html
- https://crates.io/crates/vodozemac
- https://github.com/matrix-org/vodozemac/pull/453
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Entry: https://cve.now/RUSTSEC-2026-0510
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Timeline

  1. Advisory published1 day
  2. Record last updated
  3. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • vodozemaccrates.io

    From 0.0.0-0 · fixed in 0.11.2

Evidence 3

Other links · 3

  1. Advisory
  2. Repository
  3. Link

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about RUSTSEC-2026-0510

Is RUSTSEC-2026-0510 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by RUSTSEC-2026-0510?

vodozemac (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0 before 0.11.2.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix RUSTSEC-2026-0510?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.11.2.Source: cve.now feed data