Description
gnark is a fast zk-SNARK library that offers a high-level API to design circuits. In gnark 0.11.0 and earlier, deserialization of Groth16 verification keys allocate excessive memory, consuming a lot of resources and triggering a crash with the error fatal error: runtime: out of memory.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consensys | gnark | <= 0.11.0 | — |
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.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241104T154416-150000.1.12.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3950-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241104T154416-150000.1.12.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:3950-1 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 12 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241104T154416-5.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241101T215616-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14452-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241104T154416-150000.1.12.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3950-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241104T154416-150000.1.12.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:3950-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/consensys/gnark | < 0.11.1 | 0.11.1 | GHSA-cph5-3pgr-c82g |
| Go | github.com/consensys/gnark | < 0.12.0 | 0.12.0 | GO-2024-3244 |
Advisories 4
- SUSE-SU-2024:3950-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 5, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 5, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14452-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241101T215616-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025