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GHSA-3P6C-7QJR-35X9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-13 18:30 – Updated: 2026-05-13 18:30

Details

Crypt::Argon2 versions from 0.017 before 0.031 for Perl perform a heap out-of-bounds read in argon2_verify on empty encoded input.

The auto-detect form of argon2_verify passes encoded_len - 1 as the length argument to memchr without checking that encoded_len is non-zero. When the encoded string is empty, the size_t subtraction underflows to SIZE_MAX and memchr scans adjacent heap memory looking for a '$' separator byte.

A caller that invokes argon2_verify against a stored hash that may legitimately be empty (for example a placeholder row or a NULL column materialised as an empty string) reads out-of-bounds heap memory, which can crash the process or leak the position of an adjacent '$' byte into subsequent parsing.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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CVE-2026-8463 (GCVE-0-2026-8463)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 12:40 – Updated: 2026-05-13 17:19

Title

Crypt::Argon2 versions from 0.017 before 0.031 for Perl perform a heap out-of-bounds read in argon2_verify on empty encoded input

Summary

Crypt::Argon2 versions from 0.017 before 0.031 for Perl perform a heap out-of-bounds read in argon2_verify on empty encoded input. The auto-detect form of argon2_verify passes encoded_len - 1 as the length argument to memchr without checking that encoded_len is non-zero. When the encoded string is empty, the size_t subtraction underflows to SIZE_MAX and memchr scans adjacent heap memory looking for a '$' separator byte. A caller that invokes argon2_verify against a stored hash that may legitimately be empty (for example a placeholder row or a NULL column materialised as an empty string) reads out-of-bounds heap memory, which can crash the process or leak the position of an adjacent '$' byte into subsequent parsing.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE

CWE-126 - Buffer Over-read
CWE-191 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Assigner

CPANSec

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/Leont/crypt-argon2/commit/92ea…	patch
https://metacpan.org/release/LEONT/Crypt-Argon2-0…	release-notes

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
LEONT	Crypt::Argon2	Affected: 0.017 , < 0.031 (custom)

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GHSA-3P6C-7QJR-35X9

CVE-2026-8463 (GCVE-0-2026-8463)

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