Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-45784

Memory Safety in Sfackler Openssl 0.10.50 – 0.10.80

Published
17 July 2026
Modified
29 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 5.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0013 3th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-45784 is a medium-severity Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size (CWE-131) vulnerability in Sfackler Openssl. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

No EU or UK CSIRT advisories indexed for this CVE.

Vulnerability Data

rust-openssl provides OpenSSL bindings for the Rust programming language. From 0.10.50 until 0.10.80, CipherCtxRef::cipher_update_inplace in openssl/src/cipher_ctx.rs incorrectly sized output buffers when used with AES key-wrap-with-padding ciphers EVP_aes_{128,192,256}_wrap_pad. For a non-multiple-of-8 input, OpenSSL writes up to 7 bytes past the end…

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of the caller's buffer or Vec, producing attacker-controllable heap corruption when the plaintext length is attacker-influenced. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.80.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Heap buffer overflow (CWE-787) from incorrect buffer sizing enables memory corruption that can be leveraged for privilege escalation via arbitrary code execution in affected processes.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-53143Shared CWE-131, CWE-787
CVE-2025-20890Shared CWE-787
CVE-2024-52319Shared CWE-787
CVE-2024-43768Shared CWE-787
CVE-2024-31858Shared CWE-787
CVE-2025-20631Shared CWE-787
CVE-2024-58069Shared CWE-787
CVE-2024-54517Shared CWE-787
CVE-2025-23420Shared CWE-787
CVE-2026-22791Shared CWE-131

Affected Assets

sfackler
openssl
0.10.50 — 0.10.80

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent buffer-size miscalculations via coding standards, reviews, and testing, while fixing this single weakness only partially fulfills the broader control.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover out-of-bounds write flaws so they can be remediated.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching or replacing vulnerable software directly eliminates known instances of this coding weakness.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

degrades

Secure coding standards directly require correct buffer-size calculations.

detects

Security testing can detect buffer-size errors before release.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates size-checking practices that reduce buffer-size miscalculations.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify buffer-size validation rules.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include safe memory-allocation guidelines.

prevents

Change management can enforce review gates that catch unsafe memory operations before deployment.

References