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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-41565 EUVD-2026-32906GHSA-4p3p-7392-hjw4

CryptX versions before 0.088_001 for Perl have a stack buffer overflow in four AEAD decrypt_verify helpers

Published May 28, 2026 · Updated May 29, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

CryptX versions before 0.088_001 for Perl have a stack buffer overflow in four AEAD decrypt_verify helpers.

The gcm_decrypt_verify, ccm_decrypt_verify, chacha20poly1305_decrypt_verify and eax_decrypt_verify XS routines copied the caller-supplied authentication tag into a fixed 144-byte stack buffer (MAXBLOCKSIZE) without checking the supplied length. A longer tag overwrites the stack past the buffer. Version 0.088 added the clamp to gcm_decrypt_verify, and 0.088_001 added it to the other three.

Any caller of an affected helper that forwards an attacker-controlled tag longer than the buffer can trigger the overflow.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MIK CryptX < 0.088_001 0.088_001

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libcryptx-perl 0.089-1 —
Debian 13 libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
Debian 12 libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS libcryptx-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed perl-CryptX 0.89.0-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10968-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 perl-CryptX 0.89.0-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20936-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 perl-CryptX +1 0.088-2.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1834

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