Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2026· Updated Jan 12, 2026
CryptoLib has an out-of-bounds read and crash vulnerability when decoding an empty Base64url string
CVE-2026-21899
Description
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, in base64urlDecode, padding-stripping dereferences input[inputLen - 1] before checking that inputLen > 0 or that input != NULL. For inputLen == 0, this becomes an OOB read at input[-1], potentially crashing the process. If input == NULL and inputLen == 0, it dereferences NULL - 1. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.3.
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References
2- github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/releases/tag/v1.4.3mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/nasa/CryptoLib/security/advisories/GHSA-wc29-5hw7-mpj8mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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