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High ALAS2023-2026-1406 1 CVE

Important: openssl security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Feb 5, 2026 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-15467: A flaw was found in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can exploit a stack buffer overflow vulnerability by supplying a crafted Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) message with an oversized Initialization Vector (IV) when parsing AuthEnvelopedData structures that use Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) ciphers such as AES-GCM. This can lead to a crash, causing a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially allow for remote code execution.

Fixed packages 11

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-debuginfo 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-debugsource 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-devel 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-fips-provider-latest 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-fips-provider-latest-debuginfo 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-libs 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-libs-debuginfo 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-perl 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-snapsafe-libs 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4
Amazon Linux · 2023 openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2025-15467 Public exploit EPSS 75%

    Stack buffer overflow in CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData parsing

    Issue summary: Parsing CMS AuthEnvelopedData or EnvelopedData message with maliciously crafted AEAD parameters can trigger a stack buffer overflow. Impact summary: A stack buffer overflow may lead to a crash, causing Denial of Service, or potentially remote c…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-15467.html