Use of a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation Affecting p3-challenger package, versions <0.4.3>=0.5.0 <0.5.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-P3CHALLENGER-16874167
  • published25 May 2026
  • disclosed21 May 2026
  • creditjonathanpwang, zlangley

Introduced: 21 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-46654  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade p3-challenger to version 0.4.3, 0.5.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation via the duplexing process. An attacker can generate identical challenge outputs from distinct transcript inputs by manipulating the absorption and squeezing of field elements, allowing for selective forgery or entropy reduction in challenge generation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1