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Medium · 6.2 CVE-2026-42771 EUVD-2026-35488GHSA-6fmj-jmjq-qcmg

Possible Out of Bounds Read in X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email()

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by openssl

Description

Issue summary: When the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email is called by an
application to validate a crafted e-mail address, such as during S/MIME
message validation, an out of bounds read can happen.

Impact summary: This out of bounds read will not directly exfiltrate
the data read to the attacker so the most likely result is a crash and
a Denial of Service.

An internal helper function called from X509_VERIFY_PARAM_[set|add]_email()
used a wrong length when validating the local part of an email address.
This could cause the 64 octet limit on the local part of an email address
to be not enforced, or cause an out of bound read and potentially a crash.

The bug is reachable via S-MIME validation with a crafted From: address
supplied in an email message that can potentially cause a crash.

No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside
the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenSSL OpenSSL 4.0.0 – < 4.0.1 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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS nodejs No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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
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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

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling openssl-4.0 +2 4.0.1-r0 —

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