NIP-44 v2 decryption permits resource exhaustion

The NIP-44 decryption entry point Base64-decoded the complete attacker-controlled payload before determining its version or enforcing any size limit. For v2 payloads, the decoded buffer was then authenticated with HMAC even when it was much larger than the maximum payload supported by the crate's...

RUSTSEC-2026-0227 NIP-44 v2 decryption permits resource exhaustion

The NIP-44 decryption entry point Base64-decoded the complete attacker-controlled payload before determining its version or enforcing any size limit. For v2 payloads, the decoded buffer was then authenticated with HMAC even when it was much larger than the maximum payload supported by the crate's...

Remote Denial of Service via malformed NIP‑44 v2 payload

The NIP-44 v2 decryption path in the nostr crate contains a reachable panic when processing a short or empty ciphertext. After the HMAC check passes and the ciphertext is decrypted via ChaCha20, the code reads a 2‑byte unpadded‑length prefix via buffer0..2 without first verifying that the decrypt...