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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-22026 EUVD-2026-1890

CryptoLib Unbounded Memory Allocation in KMC HTTP Response Handler Allows Resource Exhaustion

Published Jan 10, 2026 · Updated Jan 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nasa CryptoLib < 1.4.3 —

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