⬆️ Update Rust crate rustls to v0.23.45 [SECURITY]

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
rustls	dependencies	patch	0.23.43 → 0.23.45

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Rustls: TLS 1.3 handshake messages incorrectly accepted across encryption level boundaries

GHSA-2mjx-qc3c-rqvc

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Details

Rustls accepted TLS 1.3 handshake messages sent at the wrong encryption level when they followed a key-changing message in the same record. The handshake transcript is still authenticated, so a network-position attacker cannot use this to alter or complete a handshake; the practical effect is that a peer could send handshake messages that should be encrypted in plaintext without rustls rejecting the connection.

This issue affects rustls versions 0.23.13 through 0.23.44 inclusive.

Original report

Summary

Rustls (tested version 0.23.44, and it appears still an issue on latest master though I have not tested this) accepts a TLS 1.3 server flight where a plaintext EncryptedExtensions is packed into the same record as the ServerHello.

This is very similar to Go's CVE-2025-61730 fixed in golang/go@5046bdf

Details

It appears Deframer::aligned considers itself aligned as long as all messages remaining in the buffer are complete. Rustls processes the ServerHello, installs the handshake keys, then pulls the complete (plaintext) EncryptedExtensions out of the buffer.

This is insufficient per RFC 8446 section 5.1's

Handshake messages MUST NOT span key changes. Implementations MUST verify that all messages immediately preceding a key change align with a record boundary; if not, then they MUST terminate the connection with an "unexpected_message" alert. Because the ClientHello, EndOfEarlyData, ServerHello, Finished, and KeyUpdate messages can immediately precede a key change, implementations MUST send these messages in alignment with a record boundary.

Impact

An on path attacker can inject plaintext messages that are accepted.

Tool Use Disclosure

This was discovered by a new TLS/DTLS test suite currently under construction. The specific testcase was inspired by the Go CVE. Other tested implementations (Botan, OpenSSL, BoringSSL, Go, wolfSSL) reject this protocol flow. Daybreak Blue reviewed the rustls code to identify probable root cause.

Severity

• CVSS Score: 5.3 / 10 (Medium)
• Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

• https://github.com/rustls/rustls/security/advisories/GHSA-2mjx-qc3c-rqvc
• https://github.com/golang/go/commit/5046bdf8a612b35a2c1a9e168054c1d5c65e7dd7
• https://github.com/rustls/rustls/commit/98456aea708a7e3c6151e00ca2d4428e7a58257a
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0285.html
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mjx-qc3c-rqvc

This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).

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