High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-53857

Description

rPGP is a pure Rust implementation of OpenPGP. Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows attackers to trigger resource exhaustion vulnerabilities in rpgp by providing crafted messages. This affects general message parsing and decryption with symmetric keys.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pgpcrates.io	< 0.14.2	0.14.2

Patches

0a652a3bbeae

https://github.com/rpgp/rpgpvia osv

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4grw-m28r-q285ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53857ghsaADVISORY
github.com/rpgp/rpgp/security/advisories/GHSA-4grw-m28r-q285nvdWEB

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