CVE-2024-58261 — Infinite Loop in Sequoia

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop7 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Sequoia-pgp SequoiaSequoia-pgp Sequoia-openpgpDebian Rust-sequoia-openpgp
Timeline
PublishedJul 27

Description

The sequoia-openpgp crate 1.13.0 before 1.21.0 for Rust allows an infinite loop of "Reading a cert: Invalid operation: Not a Key packet" messages for RawCertParser operations that encounter an unsupported primary key type.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/rust-sequoia-openpgp< rust-sequoia-openpgp 1.21.0-1 (forky)
▶NVDsequoia-pgp/sequoia-openpgp1.13.0 — 1.21.0
▶crates.iosequoia-pgp/sequoia-openpgp1.13.0 — 1.21.0
▶CVEListV5sequoia-pgp/sequoia1.13.0 — 1.21.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
CVE-2024-58261: The sequoia-openpgp crate 1↗2025-07-27
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OSV
Low severity (DoS) vulnerability in sequoia-openpgp↗2024-06-26
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OSV
Low severity (DoS) vulnerability in sequoia-openpgp↗2024-06-26
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GHSA
Low severity (DoS) vulnerability in sequoia-openpgp↗2024-06-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
sequoia-openpgp: Sequoia OpenPGP: RawCertParser Infinite Loop Vulnerability↗2025-07-27
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Debian
CVE-2024-58261: rust-sequoia-openpgp - The sequoia-openpgp crate 1.13.0 before 1.21.0 for Rust allows an infinite loop ...↗2024
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