CVE-2023-0466

libssl3t64: The function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() is documented toimplicitly enable the certificate policy check when doin...

CVE-2023-0466 is fixed in 17 products on 1 platform, first by libssl1.0.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.12, released March 28, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.3
Negligible
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0177
78th percentile

The function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() is documented toimplicitly enable the certificate policy check when doing certificateverification. However the implementation of the function does notenable the check which allows certificates with invalid or incorrectpolicies to pass the certificate verification.As suddenly enabling the policy check could break existing deployments itwasdecided to keep the existing behavior of theX509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy()function.Instead the applications that require OpenSSL to perform certificatepolicy check need to use X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies() or explicitlyenable the policy check by calling X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags() withthe X509_V_FLAG_POLICY_CHECK flag argument.Certificate policy checks are disabled by default in OpenSSL and are notcommonly used by applications.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libssl1.0.0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.12 libssl1.0.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.12 Mar 28, 2023
libssl1.1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.22 libssl1.1 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.22 Mar 28, 2023
libssl1.1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.18 libssl1.1 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.18 Mar 28, 2023
libssl3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.9 libssl3 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.9 Mar 28, 2023
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 libssl3t64 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 libssl3t64 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
openssl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 3.0.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0466 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.0.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0466 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · Debian 14 3.0.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0466 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 RHSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.22 openssl 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.22 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.18 openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.18 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.9 openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.9 Mar 28, 2023
openssl · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 openssl 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
openssl · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 openssl 3.0.8-1ubuntu2 Jan 16, 2026
openssl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 ALSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-181 May 11, 2023
openssl · ol 9 2:3.0.7-16.0.1.ksplice1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-12768 Aug 31, 2023
openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-181 May 11, 2023
openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-181 May 11, 2023
openssl-devel · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 RHSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl-devel · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 ALSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl-devel · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-181 May 11, 2023
openssl-devel · ol 9 2:3.0.7-16.0.1.ksplice1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-12768 Aug 31, 2023
openssl-libs · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 RHSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl-libs · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 ALSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-181 May 11, 2023
openssl-libs · ol 9 2:3.0.7-16.0.1.ksplice1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-12768 Aug 31, 2023
openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-181 May 11, 2023
openssl-perl · RHEL 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 RHSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl-perl · almalinux 9 1:3.0.7-16.el9_2 ALSA-2023:3722 Jun 21, 2023
openssl-perl · amzn 2023 1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-181 May 11, 2023
openssl-perl · ol 9 2:3.0.7-16.0.1.ksplice1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-12768 Aug 31, 2023
openssl1.0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.12 openssl1.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.12 Mar 28, 2023
ovmf · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 ovmf 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
ovmf-ia32 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 ovmf-ia32 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
qemu-efi · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 qemu-efi 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
qemu-efi-aarch64 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 qemu-efi-aarch64 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025
qemu-efi-arm · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 qemu-efi-arm 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 Aug 12, 2025

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