CVE-2026-35189

EUVD-2026-89001
Issue summary: A certificate with many nameRelativeToCRLIssuer CRL
distribution points causes disproportionate heap growth when OpenSSL caches
X.509 extensions.

Impact summary: Receiving a crafted certificate from a malicious peer can lead
to significant memory pressure and possible Denial of Service in clients or
in servers that solicit client certificates.

CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Description: A certificate or a set of certificates that fits under the limit for
size of certificates accepted from the peer (~100 KiB) can result in allocation
of several hundred MiB of resident memory on the receiving side
during a normal TLS handshake.  This may be enough to crash the client or
server, if multiple concurrent connections lead to similarly large memory
allocations.

The fix postpones processing of the CRL distribution points extensions in
certificates to the time when the processed value is required for CRL processing.
This avoids keeping large memory allocations for a long time when such
certificates are received.

FIPS impact: no
The affected code is outside the FIPS module boundary.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
opensslCNA
UNKNOWN
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
opensslopenssl
4.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.0.3
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.6.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.6.5
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.5.9
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.4.8
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.0.23
CNA
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
openssl
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
forky
vulnerable
sid
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
openssl
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
resolute
needs-triage
trusty
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
openssl-fips
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
dne
openssl1.0
bionic
needs-triage
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
dne
nodejs
bionic
needs-triage
focal
not-affected
jammy
needed
noble
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
needs-triage
edk2
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
resolute
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
edk2-hwe
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
needs-triage