Description
Issue summary: When a partial-chain certificate verification is enabled
together with OCSP response checking for the whole chain, a NULL dereference
will happen if the verified chain does not have a self-signed trusted anchor,
crashing the process.
Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to a
Denial of Service for an application.
When performing OCSP response checking for certificates in the verification
chain, the code always tries to access the next certificate as the issuer.
There is a check for a self-signed certificate. However with the partial
chain verification enabled when the chain does not have a self-signed trusted
anchor, the issuer will be NULL for the last certificate in the chain. A NULL
pointer dereference then happens.
This issue affects only applications which enable both OCSP verification
of the certificate chain (X509_V_FLAG_OCSP_RESP_CHECK_ALL) and partial
chain verification (X509_V_FLAG_PARTIAL_CHAIN) in the certificate
verification. Both flags are disabled by default. For that reason, we have
assigned Low severity to the issue.
No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside
the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL | OpenSSL | 4.0.0 – < 4.0.1, 3.6.0 – < 3.6.3 | 4.0.1 |
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 | 3.6.3-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | nodejs | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | bootupd +1 | 0.3.2-1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:67551 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | chunkah | 0.6.0-3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:42825 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | openssl +10 | 3.5.8-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:59641, RHSA-2026:59635 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | python-cryptography +1 | 50.0.0-1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:55543 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | ruby3.3 +5 | 3.3.10-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | ruby3.4 +5 | 3.4.10-31.7.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62790 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | ruby4.0 +5 | 4.0.6-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-bigdecimal | 3.1.5-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-bundler | 2.5.22-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-devel +1 | 3.5.22-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-io-console | 0.7.1-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-irb | 1.13.1-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-json | 2.7.2-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-minitest | 5.20.0-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-power_assert | 2.0.3-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-psych | 5.1.2-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-racc | 1.7.3-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-rake | 13.1.0-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-rbs | 3.4.0-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-rdoc | 6.6.3.1-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-rexml | 3.4.4-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-rss | 0.3.1-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-test-unit | 3.6.1-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem3.3-typeprof | 0.21.9-23.6.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62562 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-bigdecimal | 4.0.1-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-devel +2 | 4.0.16-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-io-console | 0.8.2-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-irb | 1.16.0-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-json | 2.18.0-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-minitest | 6.0.0-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-power_assert | 3.0.1-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-psych | 5.3.1-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-racc | 1.8.1-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-rake | 13.3.1-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-rbs | 3.10.0-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-rdoc | 7.0.4-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-rexml | 3.4.4-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-rss | 0.3.2-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-test-unit | 3.7.5-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | rubygem4.0-typeprof | 0.31.1-37.3.hum1 | RHSA-2026:62563 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | openssl +1 | 3.6.3-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | openssl-4.0 +2 | 4.0.1-r0 | — |
Advisories 10
- WID-SEC-2026-2455 Oracle Solaris Drittanbieterkomponenten: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-1852 OpenSSL: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026
- RHSA-2026:67551 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:62790 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:62563 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:62562 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:59635 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:59641 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:55543 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:42825 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
References
- OpenSSL Advisory vendor-advisory
- 4.0.1 git commit patch
- 3.6.3 git commit patch