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CVE-2026-63072 is a vulnerability in OpenSSL's CMS decryption logic where the key-unwrap output buffer is sized based on the reported unwrapped key size, but the AES-WRAP-PAD primitive can write 8 bytes beyond the allocation. An attacker can craft a CMS message by changing a single OID byte to trigger a deterministic 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write when the victim calls CMS_decrypt(). This results in heap corruption, typically causing a Denial of Service. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), requires no special configuration, and is reachable via the public API. No FIPS modules are affected as the CMS code resides outside the FIPS module boundary. The fix sizes the unwrap output buffer for the worst-case scenario to prevent out-of-bounds writes. Multiple OpenSSL commits have been issued to address the issue.

Affected products

  • OpenSSL

Related CVE's

  • CVE-2026-63072

Categories

  • Network Infrastructure
  • Security Tools
  • Web Technologies