CVE 8.2 HIGH

CryptoLib Unbounded Memory Allocation in KMC HTTP Response Handler Allows Resource Exhaustion_CVE-2026-22026

8.2 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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, the libcurl write_callback function in the KMC crypto service client allows unbounded memory growth by reallocating response buffers without any size limit or overflow check. A malicious KMC server can return arbitrarily large HTTP responses, forcing the client to allocate excessive memory until the process is terminated by the OS. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.3.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-22026
Source GitHub_M
Published Jan 10, 2026 at 00:22

Affected Product

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

CWE Classification

References

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