CVE-2026-63072

EUVD-2026-65482
Issue summary: OpenSSL CMS decryption sizes the key-unwrap output buffer based
on querying the unwrapped key size, but the AES-WRAP-PAD unwrap primitive
can write and cleanse more bytes than that query reports, causing an 8-byte
out-of-bounds heap write.

Impact summary: An attacker who supplies a crafted CMS message can trigger a
deterministic 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write when the victim decrypts it
with CMS_decrypt(), corrupting the heap and typically resulting in a Denial
of Service.

CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Description: The key-wrap OID is potentially attacker-controlled on the wire.
CMS unwrapping allows both id-aesNNN-wrap-pad and id-aesNNN-wrap ciphers.
An attacker can take a legitimate message and change a single OID byte to
select the padded variant while leaving the message otherwise valid. Since
the unwrap key is derived from the recipient's private operation (ECDH key
agreement or ML-KEM decapsulation), the RFC 5649 integrity check cannot
pass, and the decryption fails with integrity failure.

The write is a fixed-size (8-byte), fixed-value (zero) heap overflow
immediately past the allocation, requires no special configuration, and is
reachable from the public CMS_decrypt() function. The consequence is
a heap corruption leading to a Denial of Service. The fix in the CMS code
sizes the unwrap output buffer for the worst case so a failed unwrap cannot
write past the allocation.

FIPS impact: no

As the CMS code lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS
modules are affected by this CVE.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
opensslCNA
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
< 4.0.2
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.6.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.6.4
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.5.8
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.4.7
CNA
opensslopenssl
3.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.0.22
CNA
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Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
openssl
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
Fixed 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29
released
noble
Fixed 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15
released
resolute
Fixed 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4
released
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