Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust Affecting aws-lc-sys package, versions >=0.24.0 <0.38.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-AWSLCSYS-15374393
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2026
  • creditJoshua Rogers

Introduced: 3 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-3336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-296  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade aws-lc-sys to version 0.38.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust due to improper validation in the PKCS7_verify() function when processing PKCS7 objects with multiple signers. An attacker can bypass certificate chain verification by crafting a PKCS7 object with multiple signers, allowing unauthorized actions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1