Description
The Noise protocol implementation suffers from weakened cryptographic security after encrypting 2^64 messages, and a potential denial of service attack. After 2^64 (~18.4 quintillion) messages are encrypted with the Encrypt function, the nonce counter will wrap around, causing multiple messages to be encrypted with the same key and nonce. In a separate issue, the Decrypt function increments the nonce state even when it fails to decrypt a message. If an attacker can provide an invalid input to the Decrypt function, this will cause the nonce state to desynchronize between the peers, resulting in a failure to encrypt all subsequent messages.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/flynn/noise | github.com/flynn/noise | < 1.0.0 | 1.0.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | golang-github-flynn-noise | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-github-flynn-noise | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | golang-github-flynn-noise | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-github-flynn-noise | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | golang-github-flynn-noise | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/flynn/noise | < 1.0.0 | 1.0.0 | GHSA-6cr6-fmvc-vw2p |