Use After Free 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)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENSSL-15928870
  • published8 Apr 2026
  • disclosed7 Apr 2026
  • creditIgor Morgenstern

Introduced: 7 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-28387  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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 Use After Free in the DANE client authentication process. An attacker can cause memory corruption, application crashes, or potentially execute arbitrary code by manipulating TLSA records with both PKIX-TA/PKIX-EE and DANE-TA certificate usages during client-server communication.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the client is configured to process both PKIX and DANE-TA usages and communicates with a server publishing a TLSA RRset containing both types of records.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1