PT-2026-21614 · Crates.Io · Pgp

Published 2026-02-13 · Updated 2026-02-13

OSV

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

It was possible to trigger an unhandled edge case in the Rust Crypto rsa crate through rPGP packet parsing functionality, and crash the process that runs rPGP. This problem has been patched in a new rsa version. The new release of rPGP ensures a patched version of the rsa crate is in use, which prevents this issue.

Details

While parsing a special RSA secret key packet, rPGP calls the rsa crate with the provided key. On vulnerable versions, this results in a Rust "panic" during key construction. Note that an attacker can trigger this situation even in places where applications don't expect to handle foreign key material, for example while attempting to receive a message.

For more information on the rsa crate vulnerability, see https://github.com/RustCrypto/RSA/security/advisories/GHSA-9c48-w39g-hm26 and https://github.com/RustCrypto/RSA/pull/624. In rPGP, this has been fixed via https://github.com/rpgp/rpgp/pull/698.

Impact

This issue impacts availability (i.e. applications can crash).

Affected rPGP versions: rPGP 0.16.0-alpha.0 to 0.18.0 Vulnerable rsa versions: all before version 0.9.10

Workaround

The issue depends on the combination of affected rPGP and rsa versions. Users of affected rPGP versions can pin the patched rsa 0.9.10 via a cargo lockfile to mitigate the issue.

Attribution

Discovered by Christian Reitter from Radically Open Security during a security review for Proton AG.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-703

Related Identifiers

GHSA-7587-4WV6-M68M

Affected Products

Pgp

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7587-4wv6-m68m · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/rpgp/rpgp/pull/698 · Note
• https://github.com/rpgp/rpgp · Note
• https://github.com/rpgp/rpgp/security/advisories/GHSA-7587-4wv6-m68m · Note
• https://github.com/rpgp/rpgp/commit/38efa49ce18b3821649de9cd8dea88a959b833a5 · Note