Vulnerability · Published Jul 27, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-58261
Low 2.9
In plain English
A low-severity infinite loop in sequoia from sequoia-pgp. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.9Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | rust-sequoia-openpgp | 1.21.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58261 |
| Debian:14 | rust-sequoia-openpgp | 1.21.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58261 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | rust-sequoia-openpgp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58261 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rust-sequoia-openpgp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58261 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| sequoia-pgp | sequoia | 1.13.0 – before 1.21.0 |
Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N