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Description

Issue summary: A signed integer overflow when sizing the destination
buffer for Unicode output in ASN1_mbstring_ncopy() can lead to a heap
buffer overflow.

Impact summary: A heap buffer overflow may lead to a crash or possibly
attacker controlled code execution or other undefined behaviour.

In ASN1_mbstring_copy() and ASN1_mbstring_ncopy() the destination
size for Unicode output is computed in a signed int: by left shift
of the input character count for BMPSTRING (UTF-16) and
UNIVERSALSTRING (UTF-32), and by summing per-character byte counts
for UTF8STRING. The calculation overflows when the input reaches
around 2^30 characters. In the worst case (UNIVERSALSTRING at 2^30
characters) the size wraps to zero, OPENSSL_malloc(1) is called, and
the subsequent character copy writes several gigabytes past the
one-byte allocation.

X.509 certificate processing routes through ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID(),
whose DIRSTRING_TYPE mask excludes UNIVERSALSTRING and whose per-NID
size limits cap the input length; no network protocol or
certificate-handling path in OpenSSL exercises the overflow.
Triggering the bug requires an application that calls
ASN1_mbstring_copy() or ASN1_mbstring_ncopy() directly, or registers
a custom string type via ASN1_STRING_TABLE_add(), with
attacker-controlled input on the order of half a gigabyte or more.
For these reasons this issue was assigned Low severity.

The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4 and 3.0 are not 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, 3.6.0 – < 3.6.3, 3.5.0 – < 3.5.7, 3.4.0 – < 3.4.6, 3.0.0 – < 3.0.21, 1.1.1 – < 1.1.1zh, 1.0.2 – < 1.0.2zq 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
Debian 14 openssl 3.6.3-1 —
Debian 13 openssl 3.5.6-1~deb13u2 —
Debian 12 openssl 3.0.20-1~deb12u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 —
Ubuntu 25.10 edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 openssl 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openssl 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25 —
Show 14 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS openssl-fips 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.12+Fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25+Fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS openssl-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.fips.24.4 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS openssl 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.fips.2.1~18.04.23.9 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS openssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS openssl +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS nodejs No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24+esm4 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openssl 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23+esm9 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openssl1.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.13+esm5 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS edk2 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS openssl 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm16 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm14 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 RHSA-2026:25237
RHEL 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RHSA-2026:25239
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
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
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

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:25237
AlmaLinux 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 ALSA-2026:25239

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 openssl 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 RLSA-2026:25237
Rocky Linux 9 openssl 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 RLSA-2026:25239
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLES 15 SP7 openssl-1_1 1.1.1w-150700.11.22.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2392-1
SLES 15 SP7 openssl-3 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2648-1
SLES 15 SP6 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLES 15 SP6 openssl-1_1 1.1.1w-150600.5.32.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2404-1
SLES 15 SP6 openssl-3 3.1.4-150600.5.53.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2393-1
SLES 15 SP5 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLES 15 SP5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.57.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2405-1
SLES 15 SP5 openssl-3 3.0.8-150500.5.66.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2397-1
SLES 15 SP4 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLES 15 SP4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.96.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2614-1
SLES 15 SP4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2598-1
SLES 12 SP5 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-3.109.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2396-1
SLES 12 SP5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1d-2.131.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2403-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22315-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 openssl-1_1 1.1.1w-150600.5.32.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2404-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 openssl-3 3.1.4-150600.5.53.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2393-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.57.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2405-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 openssl-3 3.0.8-150500.5.66.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2397-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.96.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2614-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2598-1
SLES 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22315-1
SLE Micro 6.2 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22251-1
SLE Micro 6.1 openssl-3 3.1.4-slfo.1.1_10.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22132-1
SLE Micro 6.0 openssl-3 3.1.4-14.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22100-1
SLE Micro 5.5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.57.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2405-1
SLE Micro 5.4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.96.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2614-1
SLE Micro 5.4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2598-1
SLE Micro 5.3 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.96.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2614-1
SLE Micro 5.3 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2598-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150500.17.57.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2405-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 openssl-3 3.0.8-150500.5.66.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2397-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-150000.3.108.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2399-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-150400.7.96.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2614-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 openssl-3 3.0.8-150400.4.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2598-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed openssl-3 3.5.3-6.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11023-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 openssl-3 3.5.0-160000.8.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21005-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 openssl 3.5.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 openssl 3.5.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 openssl 3.5.7-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 openssl +5 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-1853
Amazon Linux 2 edk2-ovmf +3 20240813-312.amzn2 ALAS2-2026-3363
Amazon Linux 2 openssl +4 1:1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.21 ALAS2-2026-3365
Amazon Linux 2 openssl11 +3 1:1.1.1zh-1.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2026-3364

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 edk2 20240524git3e722403cd16-18 —
Azure Linux 3 openssl 3.3.7-3 —
Azure Linux 3 openssl-fips-provider No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-25237
Oracle Linux 9 openssl +3 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-50379, ELSA-2026-25239

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling openssl +1 3.6.3-r0 —
Wolfi rolling openssl-4.0 +2 4.0.1-r0 —

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