NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openssl package, versions [,3.0.20)[3.1.0,3.3.7)[3.4.0,3.4.5)[3.5.0,3.5.6)[3.6.0,3.6.2)
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- published8 Apr 2026
- disclosed7 Apr 2026
- creditNathan Sportsman, Daniel Rhea, Jaeho Nam, Muhammad Daffa, Zhanpeng Liu, Guannan Wang, Guancheng Li, Joshua Rogers
Introduced: 7 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-28389 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade openssl to version 3.0.20, 3.3.7, 3.4.5, 3.5.6, 3.6.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the CMS_decrypt function. An attacker can cause a crash by submitting a specially crafted CMS EnvelopedData message with a missing optional parameters field in the KeyEncryptionAlgorithmIdentifier, leading to a NULL pointer dereference before authentication or cryptographic operations occur.