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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-63073 EUVD-2026-65483GHSA-826x-qg76-xqjx

Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation

Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026 · Assigned by openssl

Description

Issue summary: OpenSSL CMP response validation passed an unexpected response
sender distinguished name directly as the format string to `ERR_raise_data()`.

Impact summary: A malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint can crash a CMP client
that enforces an expected sender or uses a pinned server certificate whose
subject becomes the default expected sender.

CWE: CWE-134 (Use of Externally-Controlled Format String)

Description: When validating a received CMP message, ossl_cmp_msg_check_update()
converts the peer-supplied sender distinguished name with X509_NAME_oneline()
and passes it directly as the format argument to ERR_raise_data(). Percent
characters survive the conversion, so a sender DN such as "CN=%s%n" reaches
BIO_vsnprintf() as an attacker-controlled format string with no matching variadic
arguments. This path is only reached when the caller configures an expected
sender or pins a server certificate, which is the normal configuration for a
CMP client validating server responses.

Since the attacker controls the format string but none of the variadic
arguments, such specifiers as %s and %n dereference or write through unrelated
stack contents and crash the client. The reliable consequence is a denial of
service, when the response comes from a malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint.
There is no controlled memory write, arbitrary-address read, or reliable path
to remote code execution.

FIPS impact: no

No FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the CMP protocol
implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenSSL OpenSSL 4.0.0 – < 4.0.2, 3.6.0 – < 3.6.4, 3.5.0 – < 3.5.8, 3.4.0 – < 3.4.7 4.0.2

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 3.6.4-1 —
Debian 13 openssl 3.5.7-1~deb13u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4 USN-8678-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openssl 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15 USN-8678-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29 USN-8678-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS nodejs No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS nodejs No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:67154
RHEL 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67165
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 openssl +10 3.5.8-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:59641, RHSA-2026:59635

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:67154
AlmaLinux 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67165

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 openssl 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2 RLSA-2026:67154
Rocky Linux 9 openssl 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RLSA-2026:67165
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 openssl-3 3.5.0-150700.5.50.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4039-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.10.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23609-1
SLES 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.10.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23609-1
SLE Micro 6.2 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.10.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23463-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed openssl-3 3.5.3-8.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11623-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.10.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21744-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 openssl 3.5.8-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 openssl 3.5.8-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 openssl 3.5.8-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 openssl 3.3.7-r1 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 openssl +5 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 openssl 3.3.7-6 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling openssl-4.0 +2 4.0.2-r0 —

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