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CryptX-0.087_002
⭐ Starred 36 / Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM
Security Advisories (2)
CVE-2026-41564 (2026-04-23)

CryptX versions before 0.088 for Perl do not reseed the Crypt::PK PRNG state after forking. The Crypt::PK::RSA, Crypt::PK::DSA, Crypt::PK::DH, Crypt::PK::ECC, Crypt::PK::Ed25519 and Crypt::PK::X25519 modules seed a per-object PRNG state in their constructors and reuse it without fork detection. A Crypt::PK::* object created before `fork()` shares byte-identical PRNG state with every child process, and any randomized operation they perform can produce identical output, including key generation. Two ECDSA or DSA signatures from different processes are enough to recover the signing private key through nonce-reuse key recovery. This affects preforking services such as the Starman web server, where a Crypt::PK::* object loaded at startup is inherited by every worker process.

CVE-2026-41565 (2026-05-28)

CryptX versions before 0.088_001 for Perl have a stack buffer overflow in four AEAD decrypt_verify helpers. The gcm_decrypt_verify, ccm_decrypt_verify, chacha20poly1305_decrypt_verify and eax_decrypt_verify XS routines copied the caller-supplied authentication tag into a fixed 144-byte stack buffer (MAXBLOCKSIZE) without checking the supplied length. A longer tag overwrites the stack past the buffer. Version 0.088 added the clamp to gcm_decrypt_verify, and 0.088_001 added it to the other three. Any caller of an affected helper that forwards an attacker-controlled tag longer than the buffer can trigger the overflow.

NAME

Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM - Authenticated encryption in CCM mode

SYNOPSIS

### OO interface
use Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM;

# encrypt and authenticate
my $ae = Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM->new("AES", $key, $iv, $adata, $tag_len, $pt_len);
my $ct = $ae->encrypt_add('data1');
$ct .= $ae->encrypt_add('data2');
$ct .= $ae->encrypt_add('data3');
my $tag = $ae->encrypt_done();

# decrypt and verify
my $ae = Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM->new("AES", $key, $iv, $adata, $tag_len, $pt_len);
my $pt = $ae->decrypt_add('ciphertext1');
$pt .= $ae->decrypt_add('ciphertext2');
$pt .= $ae->decrypt_add('ciphertext3');
my $tag = $ae->decrypt_done();
die "decrypt failed" unless $tag eq $expected_tag;

#or
my $result = $ae->decrypt_done($expected_tag); # 0 or 1

### functional interface
use Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM qw(ccm_encrypt_authenticate ccm_decrypt_verify);

($ciphertext, $tag) = ccm_encrypt_authenticate('AES', $key, $nonce, $adata, $tag_len, $plaintext);
$plaintext = ccm_decrypt_verify('AES', $key, $nonce, $adata, $ciphertext, $tag);

DESCRIPTION

CCM is a encrypt+authenticate mode that is centered around using AES (or any 16-byte cipher) as a primitive. Unlike EAX and OCB mode, it is only meant for packet mode where the length of the input is known in advance.

EXPORT

Nothing is exported by default.

You can export selected functions:

use Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM qw(ccm_encrypt_authenticate ccm_decrypt_verify);

FUNCTIONS

ccm_encrypt_authenticate

my ($ciphertext, $tag) = ccm_encrypt_authenticate($cipher, $key, $nonce, $adata, $tag_len, $plaintext);

# $cipher .. 'AES' or name of any other cipher with 16-byte block len
# $key ..... key of proper length (e.g. 128/192/256bits for AES)
# $nonce ... unique nonce/salt (no need to keep it secret)
# $adata ... additional authenticated data
# $tag_len . required length of output tag

CCM parameters should follow http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38c.pdf

# tag length:   4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 (reasonable minimum is 8)
# nonce length: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (if you are not sure, use 11)
# BEWARE nonce length determines max. enc/dec data size: max_data_size = 2^(8*(15-nonce_len))

ccm_decrypt_verify

my $plaintext = ccm_decrypt_verify($cipher, $key, $nonce, $adata, $ciphertext, $tag);
# on error returns undef

METHODS

new

my $ae = Crypt::AuthEnc::CCM->new($cipher, $key, $nonce, $adata, $tag_len, $pt_len);

# $cipher .. 'AES' or name of any other cipher with 16-byte block len
# $key ..... key of proper length (e.g. 128/192/256bits for AES)
# $nonce ... unique nonce/salt (no need to keep it secret)
# $adata ... additional authenticated data
# $tag_len . required length of output tag
# $pt_len .. expected length of plaintext/ciphertext to encrypt/decrypt

encrypt_add

$ciphertext = $ae->encrypt_add($data);        # can be called multiple times

encrypt_done

my $tag = $ae->encrypt_done;                  # returns $tag value

decrypt_add

$plaintext = $ae->decrypt_add($ciphertext);   # can be called multiple times

decrypt_done

my $tag = $ae->decrypt_done;           # returns $tag value
#or
my $result = $ae->decrypt_done($tag);  # returns 1 (success) or 0 (failure)

clone

my $ae_new = $ae->clone;

SEE ALSO