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Description

Issue summary: Calling the OpenSSL API function SSL_select_next_proto with an
empty supported client protocols buffer may cause a crash or memory contents to
be sent to the peer.

Impact summary: A buffer overread can have a range of potential consequences
such as unexpected application beahviour or a crash. In particular this issue
could result in up to 255 bytes of arbitrary private data from memory being sent
to the peer leading to a loss of confidentiality. However, only applications
that directly call the SSL_select_next_proto function with a 0 length list of
supported client protocols are affected by this issue. This would normally never
be a valid scenario and is typically not under attacker control but may occur by
accident in the case of a configuration or programming error in the calling
application.

The OpenSSL API function SSL_select_next_proto is typically used by TLS
applications that support ALPN (Application Layer Protocol Negotiation) or NPN
(Next Protocol Negotiation). NPN is older, was never standardised and
is deprecated in favour of ALPN. We believe that ALPN is significantly more
widely deployed than NPN. The SSL_select_next_proto function accepts a list of
protocols from the server and a list of protocols from the client and returns
the first protocol that appears in the server list that also appears in the
client list. In the case of no overlap between the two lists it returns the
first item in the client list. In either case it will signal whether an overlap
between the two lists was found. In the case where SSL_select_next_proto is
called with a zero length client list it fails to notice this condition and
returns the memory immediately following the client list pointer (and reports
that there was no overlap in the lists).

This function is typically called from a server side application callback for
ALPN or a client side application callback for NPN. In the case of ALPN the list
of protocols supplied by the client is guaranteed by libssl to never be zero in
length. The list of server protocols comes from the application and should never
normally be expected to be of zero length. In this case if the
SSL_select_next_proto function has been called as expected (with the list
supplied by the client passed in the client/client_len parameters), then the
application will not be vulnerable to this issue. If the application has
accidentally been configured with a zero length server list, and has
accidentally passed that zero length server list in the client/client_len
parameters, and has additionally failed to correctly handle a "no overlap"
response (which would normally result in a handshake failure in ALPN) then it
will be vulnerable to this problem.

In the case of NPN, the protocol permits the client to opportunistically select
a protocol when there is no overlap. OpenSSL returns the first client protocol
in the no overlap case in support of this. The list of client protocols comes
from the application and should never normally be expected to be of zero length.
However if the SSL_select_next_proto function is accidentally called with a
client_len of 0 then an invalid memory pointer will be returned instead. If the
application uses this output as the opportunistic protocol then the loss of
confidentiality will occur.

This issue has been assessed as Low severity because applications are most
likely to be vulnerable if they are using NPN instead of ALPN - but NPN is not
widely used. It also requires an application configuration or programming error.
Finally, this issue would not typically be under attacker control making active
exploitation unlikely.

The FIPS modules in 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue.

Due to the low severity of this issue we are not issuing new releases of
OpenSSL at this time. The fix will be included in the next releases when they
become available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenSSL OpenSSL 3.3.0 – < 3.3.2, 3.2.0 – < 3.2.3, 3.1.0 – < 3.1.7, 3.0.0 – < 3.0.15, 1.1.1 – < 1.1.1za, 1.0.2 – < 1.0.2zk 3.3.2

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openssl 3.3.2-1 —
Debian 13 openssl 3.3.2-1 —
Debian 12 openssl 3.0.15-1~deb12u1 —
Debian 11 openssl 1.1.1n-0+deb11u6 DLA-3942-2, DLA-3942-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS edk2 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6 USN-7894-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openssl 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.2 USN-6937-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS edk2 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 USN-7894-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.17 USN-6937-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.23 USN-6937-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS openssl-fips 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.6+Fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.17+Fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS openssl-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS openssl +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS nodejs No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24+esm5 USN-8678-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openssl 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23+esm10 USN-8678-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openssl1.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.13+esm6 USN-8678-2
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS openssl 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm18 USN-8678-2
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm16 USN-8678-2
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 mysql +6 8.0.41-2.el9_5 RHSA-2025:1671
RHEL 9 openssl +3 1:3.2.2-6.el9_5 RHSA-2024:9333
RHEL 8 mecab +1 0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+22857+7f331edd RHSA-2025:1673
RHEL 8 mecab-ipadic +1 2.7.0.20070801-17.module+el8.10.0+22857+7f331edd RHSA-2025:1673
RHEL 8 mingw-openssl +2 1.0.2k-4.el8_10 RHSA-2026:60329
RHEL 8 mysql +6 8.0.41-1.module+el8.10.0+22857+7f331edd RHSA-2025:1673
RHEL 8 openssl +3 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_6 RHSA-2024:7848
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.4 EUS openssl +3 1:3.0.7-29.el9_4 RHSA-2025:3666
RHEL 8.8 EUS openssl +3 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_6 RHSA-2024:7847
RHEL 8.6 TUS openssl +3 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_6 RHSA-2024:7846
RHEL 8.6 E4S openssl +3 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_6 RHSA-2024:7846
RHEL 8.6 AUS openssl +3 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_6 RHSA-2024:7846
RHEL 7 ELS openssl +4 1:1.0.2k-26.el7_9.2 RHSA-2026:58563
RHEL 6 ELS openssl +1 1.0.1e-61.el6_10.1 RHSA-2026:66524
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-httpd +6 2.4.62-5.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 2.0.29-3.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl +1 1:2.4.62-5.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-openssl +4 1:1.1.1k-19.el7jbcs RHSA-2025:3452

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 mysql +6 8.0.41-2.el9_5 ALSA-2025:1671
AlmaLinux 9 openssl +3 1:3.2.2-6.el9_5 ALSA-2024:9333
AlmaLinux 8 mecab +1 0.996-2.module_el8.6.0+3340+d764b636 ALSA-2025:1673
AlmaLinux 8 mecab-ipadic +1 2.7.0.20070801-17.module_el8.10.0+3965+b415b607 ALSA-2025:1673
AlmaLinux 8 mingw32-openssl +1 1.0.2k-4.el8_10 ALSA-2026:60329
AlmaLinux 8 mysql +6 8.0.41-1.module_el8.10.0+3965+b415b607 ALSA-2025:1673
AlmaLinux 8 openssl +3 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_6 ALSA-2024:7848

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 mysql 8.0.41-2.el9_5 RLSA-2025:1671
Rocky Linux 9 openssl 1:3.2.2-6.el9_5.1 RLSA-2024:9333
Rocky Linux 9 openssl-fips-provider 3.0.7-6.el9_5 RLSA-2024:9333
Rocky Linux 8 mecab 0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+1676+9b4b6e24 RLSA-2025:1673
Rocky Linux 8 mecab-ipadic 2.7.0.20070801-17.module+el8.10.0+1937+28fbbc83 RLSA-2025:1673
Rocky Linux 8 mingw-openssl 1.0.2k-4.el8_10 RLSA-2026:60329
Rocky Linux 8 mysql 8.0.41-1.module+el8.10.0+1937+28fbbc83.0.1 RLSA-2025:1673
Rocky Linux 8 openssl 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_10 RLSA-2024:7848
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES 15 SP6 openssl-1_1 1.1.1w-150600.5.6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2933-1
SLES 15 SP6 openssl-3 3.1.4-150600.5.10.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2635-1
SLES 15 SP5 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES 15 SP5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.34.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2891-1
SLES 15 SP5 openssl-3 3.0.8-150500.5.39.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3019-1
SLES 15 SP4 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES 15 SP4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2927-1
SLES 15 SP4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2931-1
SLES 15 SP3 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES 15 SP3 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
SLES 15 SP2 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES 15 SP2 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP5 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-3.95.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2989-1
SLES 12 SP5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-2.110.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2953-1
SLES 11 SP4 openssl1 1.0.1g-0.58.82.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2991-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2927-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2931-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-3.95.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2989-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-2.110.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2953-1
SLE Micro 6.0 jitterentropy 3.4.1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20014-1
SLE Micro 6.0 libpulp 0.3.5-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20014-1
SLE Micro 6.0 openssl-3 3.1.4-6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20014-1
SLE Micro 5.5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.34.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2891-1
SLE Micro 5.4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2927-1
SLE Micro 5.4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2931-1
SLE Micro 5.3 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2927-1
SLE Micro 5.3 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2931-1
SLE Micro 5.2 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
SLE Micro 5.1 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 openssl-3-livepatches 0.1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2761-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2927-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2931-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2927-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2931-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2927-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.60.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2931-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-150200.11.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2909-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed openssl-1_1 1.1.1w-11.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14219-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed openssl-3 3.1.4-11.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14220-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 openssl-1_1 1.1.1w-150600.5.6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2933-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 openssl-3 3.1.4-150600.5.10.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2635-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.94.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3119-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.34.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2891-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 openssl-3 3.0.8-150500.5.39.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3019-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.34.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2891-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 openssl 3.3.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.23 openssl 3.3.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.22 openssl 3.3.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.21 openssl 3.3.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.20 openssl 3.3.1-r1 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 openssl 3.1.6-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 openssl 3.1.6-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 openssl 3.0.14-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 openssl +4 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.14 ALAS2023-2024-677
Amazon Linux 2 edk2-ovmf +4 20200801stable-1.amzn2.0.8 ALAS2-2024-2591
Amazon Linux 2 openssl +4 1:1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.13 ALAS2-2024-2604
Amazon Linux 2 openssl11 +3 1:1.1.1g-12.amzn2.0.23 ALAS2-2024-2621

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 openssl 3.3.0-2 —
Azure Linux 3 openssl-fips-provider No fix yet —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) cloud-hypervisor-cvm 38.0.72.2-3 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) hvloader 1.0.1-6 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) openssl 1.1.1k-33 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 mysql +6 8.0.41-2.el9_5 ELSA-2025-1671
Oracle Linux 9 openssl +3 1:3.2.2-6.0.1.el9_5 ELSA-2024-9333
Oracle Linux 9 openssl-fips-provider +1 3.0.7-6.0.1.el9_5 ELSA-2024-9333
Oracle Linux 8 mecab +1 0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+90521+d5cc5c65 ELSA-2025-1673
Oracle Linux 8 mecab-ipadic +1 2.7.0.20070801-17.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90521+d5cc5c65 ELSA-2025-1673
Oracle Linux 8 mysql +6 8.0.41-1.module+el8.10.0+90521+d5cc5c65 ELSA-2025-1673
Oracle Linux 8 openssl +3 1:1.1.1k-14.el8_6 ELSA-2024-7848

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling openssl 3.3.1-r3 —

Public exploits

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