CVE-2025-69419 Affecting openssl-libs package, versions <1:3.5.1-7.el9_7
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- published31 Jan 2026
- disclosed27 Jan 2026
Introduced: 27 Jan 2026
NewCVE-2025-69419 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 openssl-libs to version 1:3.5.1-7.el9_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:1473.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-libs package and not the openssl-libs package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Issue summary: Calling PKCS12_get_friendlyname() function on a maliciously crafted PKCS#12 file with a BMPString (UTF-16BE) friendly name containing non-ASCII BMP code point can trigger a one byte write before the allocated buffer.
Impact summary: The out-of-bounds write can cause a memory corruption which can have various consequences including a Denial of Service.
The OPENSSL_uni2utf8() function performs a two-pass conversion of a PKCS#12 BMPString (UTF-16BE) to UTF-8. In the second pass, when emitting UTF-8 bytes, the helper function bmp_to_utf8() incorrectly forwards the remaining UTF-16 source byte count as the destination buffer capacity to UTF8_putc(). For BMP code points above U+07FF, UTF-8 requires three bytes, but the forwarded capacity can be just two bytes. UTF8_putc() then returns -1, and this negative value is added to the output length without validation, causing the length to become negative. The subsequent trailing NUL byte is then written at a negative offset, causing write outside of heap allocated buffer.
The vulnerability is reachable via the public PKCS12_get_friendlyname() API when parsing attacker-controlled PKCS#12 files. While PKCS12_parse() uses a different code path that avoids this issue, PKCS12_get_friendlyname() directly invokes the vulnerable function. Exploitation requires an attacker to provide a malicious PKCS#12 file to be parsed by the application and the attacker can just trigger a one zero byte write before the allocated buffer. For that reason the issue was assessed as Low severity according to our Security Policy.
The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the PKCS#12 implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0 and 1.1.1 are vulnerable to this issue.
OpenSSL 1.0.2 is not affected by this issue.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-69419
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/41be0f216404f14457bbf3b9cc488dba60b49296
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7e9cac9832e4705b91987c2474ed06a37a93cecb
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a26a90d38edec3748566129d824e664b54bee2e2
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/cda12de3bc0e333ea8d2c6fd15001dbdaf280015
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ff628933755075446bca8307e8417c14d164b535
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt