CVE-2026-22026 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.01.2026 Published: 10.01.2026 Updated: 13.01.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor nasa
Product CryptoLib
Versions
  • Version < 1.4.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE