Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting openssl package, versions [,3.0.19)[3.1.0,3.3.6)[3.4.0,3.4.4)[3.5.0,3.5.5)[3.6.0,3.6.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENSSL-15119897
  • published27 Jan 2026
  • disclosed27 Jan 2026
  • creditLuigino Camastra

Introduced: 27 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 3.0.19, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 3.5.5, 3.6.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in the signature verification in the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function. An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering NULL pointer dereference with malformed PKCS#7 data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1