CVE-2023-46135 — rs-stellar-strkey is a Rust lib for encode/decode of Stellar Strkeys

rs-stellar-strkey is a Rust lib for encode/decode of Stellar Strkeys. A panic vulnerability occurs when a specially crafted payload is used.`inner_payload_len` should not above 64. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.0.8.

01What is this vulnerability?

rs-stellar-strkey is a Rust lib for encode/decode of Stellar Strkeys. A panic vulnerability occurs when a specially crafted payload is used.`inner_payload_len` should not above 64. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.0.8.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
stellar	rs	stellar-strkey — < 0.0.8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-10-25T00:38:03.159Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-10T15:06:21.577Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/stellar/rs-stellar-strkey/security/advisories/GHSA-5873-6fwq-…
• github.com — https://github.com/stellar/rs-stellar-strkey/issues/58