CVE-2026-63073

EUVD-2026-65483
Issue summary: OpenSSL CMP response validation passed an unexpected response
sender distinguished name directly as the format string to `ERR_raise_data()`.

Impact summary: A malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint can crash a CMP client
that enforces an expected sender or uses a pinned server certificate whose
subject becomes the default expected sender.

CWE: CWE-134 (Use of Externally-Controlled Format String)

Description: When validating a received CMP message, ossl_cmp_msg_check_update()
converts the peer-supplied sender distinguished name with X509_NAME_oneline()
and passes it directly as the format argument to ERR_raise_data(). Percent
characters survive the conversion, so a sender DN such as "CN=%s%n" reaches
BIO_vsnprintf() as an attacker-controlled format string with no matching variadic
arguments. This path is only reached when the caller configures an expected
sender or pins a server certificate, which is the normal configuration for a
CMP client validating server responses.

Since the attacker controls the format string but none of the variadic
arguments, such specifiers as %s and %n dereference or write through unrelated
stack contents and crash the client. The reliable consequence is a denial of
service, when the response comes from a malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint.
There is no controlled memory write, arbitrary-address read, or reliable path
to remote code execution.

FIPS impact: no

No FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the CMP protocol
implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 66.13%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
opensslopenssl
3.4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.4.7
opensslopenssl
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.5.8
opensslopenssl
3.6.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.6.4
opensslopenssl
4.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.0.2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
openssl
bookworm
3.0.20-1~deb12u2
fixed
bookworm (security)
3.0.22-1~deb12u1
fixed
bullseye
not-affected
forky
3.6.4-1
fixed
sid
3.6.5-1
fixed
trixie
3.5.7-1~deb13u2
fixed
trixie (security)
3.5.7-1~deb13u3
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
openssl
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
Fixed 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4
released
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
openssl-fips
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
dne
openssl1.0
bionic
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
dne
nodejs
bionic
needs-triage
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
needs-triage
edk2
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
needs-triage
xenial
not-affected
edk2-hwe
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
needs-triage
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
libopenssl-3-devel
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
libopenssl-3-fips-provider
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
libopenssl3
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
libopenssl3-32bit
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
openssl-3
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
3.5.0-150700.5.50.1
fixed
Red Hat logo
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Releases
Red Hat Product
Release
openssl
RHEL 9
1:3.5.8-1.el9_8
fixed
openssl-devel
RHEL 9
1:3.5.8-1.el9_8
fixed
openssl-libs
RHEL 9
1:3.5.8-1.el9_8
fixed
openssl-perl
RHEL 9
1:3.5.8-1.el9_8
fixed
Amazon Linux logo
Amazon Linux Releases
Amazon Package
Release
openssl
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-debugsource
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-fips-provider-latest
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-fips-provider-latest-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-libs
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-libs-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-perl
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-snapsafe-libs
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
Azure Linux logo
Azure Linux Releases
Azure Package
Release
openssl
Azure Linux 3.0
0:3.3.7-6.azl3
fixed