CVE-2026-42767

MEDIUM

OpenSSL - NULL Pointer Dereference in CRMF EncryptedValue Decryption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Issue summary: An attacker-controlled CMP (Certificate Management Protocol) server could trigger a NULL pointer dereference in a CMP client application. Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference causes a crash of the application and a Denial of Service. An attacker controlling a CMP server (or acting as a man-in-the-middle) could craft a CMP response containing a CRMF (Certificate Request Message Format) CertRepMessage with an EncryptedValue structure where the symmAlg field has an algorithm OID but no parameters field. When the OpenSSL CMP client processes this response, the NULL dereference occurs, causing a crash of the CMP client. Applications that process untrusted CMP/CRMF messages may be affected. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 26.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (5)
OpenSSL/OpenSSL 3.0.0 - 3.0.21
OpenSSL/OpenSSL 3.4.0 - 3.4.6
OpenSSL/OpenSSL 3.5.0 - 3.5.7
OpenSSL/OpenSSL 3.6.0 - 3.6.3
OpenSSL/OpenSSL 4.0.0 - 4.0.1
Published Jun 09, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 09, 2026