Low severity (DoS) vulnerability in sequoia-openpgp

CVE-2024-58261 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

There is a denial-of-service vulnerability in sequoia-openpgp, our crate providing a low-level interface to our OpenPGP implementation. When triggered, the process will enter an infinite loop.

Many thanks to Andrew Gallagher for disclosing the issue to us.

Impact

Any software directly or indirectly using the interface sequoia_openpgp::cert::raw::RawCertParser. Notably, this includes all
software using the sequoia_cert_store crate.

Details

The RawCertParser does not advance the input stream when encountering unsupported cert (primary key) versions, resulting in an infinite loop.

The fix introduces a new raw-cert-specific cert::raw::Error::UnuspportedCert.

Affected software

  • sequoia-openpgp 1.13.0
  • sequoia-openpgp 1.14.0
  • sequoia-openpgp 1.15.0
  • sequoia-openpgp 1.16.0
  • sequoia-openpgp 1.17.0
  • sequoia-openpgp 1.18.0
  • sequoia-openpgp 1.19.0
  • sequoia-openpgp 1.20.0
  • Any software built against a vulnerable version of sequoia-openpgp which is directly or indirectly using the interface sequoia_openpgp::cert::raw::RawCertParser. Notably, this includes all software using the sequoia_cert_store crate.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
low
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
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Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2024-06-26 19:10:15 UTC
Updated
2025-07-28 15:38:08 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-06-26 19:10:15 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.02% 6.69%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
2.9 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-9344-p847-qm5c ↗
CVE CVE-2024-58261 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
rust sequoia-openpgp >= 1.13.0, < 1.21.0 1.21.0 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence