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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-39856 EUVD-2026-20946

osslsigncode has an Out-of-Bounds Read via Unvalidated Section Bounds in PE Page Hash Calculation

Published Apr 9, 2026 · Updated Apr 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

osslsigncode is a tool that implements Authenticode signing and timestamping. Prior to 2.13, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in osslsigncode version 2.12 and earlier in the PE page-hash computation code (pe_page_hash_calc()). When processing PE sections for page hashing, the function uses PointerToRawData and SizeOfRawData values from section headers without validating that the referenced region lies within the mapped file. An attacker can craft a PE file with section headers that point beyond the end of the file. When osslsigncode computes page hashes for such a file, it may attempt to hash data from an invalid memory region, causing an out-of-bounds read and potentially crashing the process. The vulnerability can be triggered while signing a malicious PE file with page hashing enabled (-ph), or while verifying a malicious signed PE file that already contains page hashes. Verification of an already signed file does not require the verifier to pass -ph. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mtrojnar osslsigncode < 2.13 —

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 osslsigncode 2.13-1 —
Debian 13 osslsigncode No fix yet —
Debian 12 osslsigncode No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS osslsigncode No fix yet —

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