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Critical 9.8Published May 8, 2026

CVE-2026-41509CROSS implementation contains reference and optimized implementations of the CROSS post-quantum signature algorithm.

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It affects cross-crypto cross-implementation. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

CROSS implementation contains reference and optimized implementations of the CROSS post-quantum signature algorithm. Prior to commit fc6b7e7, there is a buffer overflow in crypto_sign_open() caused by an underflow of the integer mlen. This issue has been patched via commit fc6b7e7.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-121, CWE-122
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
cross-crypto cross-implementation
cross-crypto:cross-implementation
before 2026-03-23
NVD

References

  • patch
  • vendor-advisory

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