Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value Affecting openssl package, versions [3.0.5,3.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENSSL-19267454
  • published26 Aug 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026
  • creditBilly Brumley (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-75803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-354  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 3.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value in the chacha20_poly1305_cipher and aes_ocb_cipher implementations under providers/implementations/ciphers/. An attacker can forge messages by supplying an empty ciphertext and a bad tag, then invoking EVP_Cipher(ctx, out, NULL, 0) so the operation returns success without checking the tag. Applications that treat that successful return as proof of integrity may accept tampered ChaCha20-Poly1305 or AES-OCB messages.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1