CVE 4.7 MEDIUM

CryptoLib has an out-of-bounds read and crash vulnerability when decoding an empty Base64url string_CVE-2026-21899

4.7 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

CryptoLib provides a software-only solution using the CCSDS Space Data Link Security Protocol - Extended Procedures (SDLS-EP) to secure communications between a spacecraft running the core Flight System (cFS) and a ground station. Prior to version 1.4.3, in base64urlDecode, padding-stripping dereferences input[inputLen - 1] before checking that inputLen > 0 or that input != NULL. For inputLen == 0, this becomes an OOB read at input[-1], potentially crashing the process. If input == NULL and inputLen == 0, it dereferences NULL - 1. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.3.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-21899
Source GitHub_M
Published Jan 10, 2026 at 00:11

Affected Product

Vendor nasa
Product CryptoLib
Version < 1.4.3
Affected Versions nasa CryptoLib < 1.4.3

CWE Classification

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