CVE-2021-45696

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the sha2 crate 0.9.7 before 0.9.8 for Rust. Hashes of long messages may be incorrect when the AVX2-accelerated backend is used.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-327

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 27, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-45696: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix