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GHSA-39mm-4q6x-3vrx json

Excluded iPAddress name constraints with an all-zero mask are not applied

published last mo. modified last mo. also RUSTSEC-2026-0312

cvss
7.4
version 3.1, OSV
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An `excluded_subtrees` iPAddress name constraint with an all-zero mask (`0.0.0.0/0` or `::/0`) does not restrict iPAddress SANs in certificates issued beneath it. The mask check treated an all-zero mask as matching nothing, when a `/0` prefix matches every address of its family, so the exclusion was silently ignored.

CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements §7.1.2.5.2 require exactly these exclusions on every technically constrained sub-CA that may not issue for IP addresses. As a result, anyone holding (or having compromised) the key of such a sub-CA can issue a certificate for an arbitrary IP address, and `Validator` with `RFC5280Policy` and `ServerIdentityPolicy` accepts it for that address. A `permitted_subtrees` dNSName entry on the same issuer does not prevent this, because iPAddress SANs are a different name form.

All users of `Validator` with `RFC5280Policy` are affected when a chain can contain a name-constrained issuer with an all-zero iPAddress exclusion.

The issue is fixed in x509-validator 0.3.1 (commit [da661f8](https://github.com/namecare/x509-validator/commit/da661f8ecee820e05d089a76ecb654ff52a2c987)). Users should upgrade to 0.3.1 or later.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io x509-validator 0.3.1

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
OSV 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io x509-validator
>=0.0.0-0, <0.3.1
0.3.1

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