Description
Issue summary: A TLS 1.3 connection using certificate compression can be
forced to allocate a large buffer before decompression without checking
against the configured certificate size limit.
Impact summary: An attacker can cause per-connection memory allocations of
up to approximately 22 MiB and extra CPU work, potentially leading to
service degradation or resource exhaustion (Denial of Service).
In affected configurations, the peer-supplied uncompressed certificate
length from a CompressedCertificate message is used to grow a heap buffer
prior to decompression. This length is not bounded by the max_cert_list
setting, which otherwise constrains certificate message sizes. An attacker
can exploit this to cause large per-connection allocations followed by
handshake failure. No memory corruption or information disclosure occurs.
This issue only affects builds where TLS 1.3 certificate compression is
compiled in (i.e., not OPENSSL_NO_COMP_ALG) and at least one compression
algorithm (brotli, zlib, or zstd) is available, and where the compression
extension is negotiated. Both clients receiving a server CompressedCertificate
and servers in mutual TLS scenarios receiving a client CompressedCertificate
are affected. Servers that do not request client certificates are not
vulnerable to client-initiated attacks.
Users can mitigate this issue by setting SSL_OP_NO_RX_CERTIFICATE_COMPRESSION
to disable receiving compressed certificates.
The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4 and 3.3 are not affected by this issue,
as the TLS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4 and 3.3 are vulnerable to this issue.
OpenSSL 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL | OpenSSL | 3.6.0 – < 3.6.1, 3.5.0 – < 3.5.5, 3.4.0 – < 3.4.4, 3.3.0 – < 3.3.6 | 3.6.1 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | openssl | 3.5.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | openssl | 3.5.4-1~deb13u2 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | edk2 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | edk2 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | openssl | 3.5.5-1ubuntu1 | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | edk2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | openssl | 3.5.3-1ubuntu3 | USN-7980-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | edk2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | openssl | 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.7 | USN-7980-1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | openssl | 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.21 | USN-7980-1 |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | nodejs | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | nodejs | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | nodejs | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | openssl +3 | 1:3.5.1-7.el10_1 | RHSA-2026:1472 |
| RHEL 9 | openssl +3 | 1:3.5.1-7.el9_7 | RHSA-2026:1473 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | openssl +5 | 3.5.6-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:7261 |
AlmaLinux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 10 | openssl +3 | 1:3.5.1-7.el10_1.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:1472 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | openssl +3 | 1:3.5.1-7.el9_7 | ALSA-2026:1473 |
Rocky Linux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux 10 | openssl | 1:3.5.1-7.el10_1 | RLSA-2026:1472 |
| Rocky Linux 9 | openssl | 1:3.5.1-7.el9_7 | RLSA-2026:1473 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.5.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20223-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.5.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20223-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.5.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:20211-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | openssl-3 | 3.5.3-2.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10237-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.5.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:20152-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | openssl | 3.5.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | openssl | 3.5.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | openssl | 3.5.5-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | openssl | 3.3.6-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | openssl | 3.3.6-r0 | — |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | openssl +5 | 1:3.2.2-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1434 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | openssl | 3.3.5-3 | — |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 10 | openssl +3 | 1:3.5.1-7.0.1.el10_1 | ELSA-2026-1472 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | openssl +3 | 1:3.5.1-7.0.1.el9_7 | ELSA-2026-50075, ELSA-2026-1473 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | openssl | 3.6.1-r0 | — |
Advisories 19
- WID-SEC-2026-0234 OpenSSL: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 2, 2026
- ALSA-2026:1472 Important: openssl security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- ALSA-2026:1473 Important: openssl security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- USN-7980-1 openssl vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 27, 2026
- RHSA-2026:7261 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:1473 Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:1472 Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-2253 IBM Security Verify Access: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 17, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-1730 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 16, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:20152-1 Security update for openssl-3 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10237-1 libopenssl-3-devel-3.5.3-2.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20223-1 Security update for openssl-3 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:20211-1 Security update for openssl-3 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1434 Important: openssl security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Feb 18, 2026
- RLSA-2026:1472 Important: openssl security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Jan 30, 2026
- RLSA-2026:1473 Important: openssl security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Jan 30, 2026
- ELSA-2026-50075 Important: openssl security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Jan 29, 2026
- ELSA-2026-1472 Important: openssl security update (Oracle Linux 10) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Jan 28, 2026
- ELSA-2026-1473 Important: openssl security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Jan 28, 2026
References
- OpenSSL Advisory vendor-advisory
- 3.6.1 git commit patch
- 3.5.5 git commit patch
- 3.4.4 git commit patch
- 3.3.6 git commit patch