Description
A remote attacker can supply a short X-Wing HPKE encapsulated key and trigger an out-of-bounds read in the C decapsulation path, potentially causing a crash or memory disclosure depending on runtime protections. This issue is fixed in swift-crypto version 4.3.1.
Affected products
apple: swift-crypto
References1
- github.com/apple/swift-crypto/security/advisories/GHSA-9m44-rr2… ExploitVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 43 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-125
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