Bug 2482740 (CVE-2026-41565) - CVE-2026-41565 perl-CryptX: perl-CryptX: Stack buffer overflow allows arbitrary code execution via a crafted authentication tag.
Summary: CVE-2026-41565 perl-CryptX: perl-CryptX: Stack buffer overflow allows arbitra...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-41565
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2482787 2482788
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Reported: 2026-05-28 16:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 17:05 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-28 16:02:07 UTC
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.


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