CVE-2026-40253

libopencryptoki0: openCryptoki is a PKCS#11 library and provides tooling for Linux and AIX

CVE-2026-40253 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by libopencryptoki0 3.17.0+dfsg+20220202.b40982e-0ubuntu1.3, released April 16, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.8
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0016
5th percentile

openCryptoki is a PKCS#11 library and provides tooling for Linux and AIX. In versions 3.26.0 and below, the BER/DER decoding functions in the shared common library (asn1.c) accept a raw pointer but no buffer length parameter, and trust attacker-controlled BER length fields without validating them against actual buffer boundaries. All primitive decoders are affected: ber_decode_INTEGER, ber_decode_SEQUENCE, ber_decode_OCTET_STRING, ber_decode_BIT_STRING, and ber_decode_CHOICE. Additionally, ber_decode_INTEGER can produce integer underflows when the encoded length is zero. An attacker supplying a malformed BER-encoded cryptographic object through PKCS#11 operations such as C_CreateObject or C_UnwrapKey, token loading from disk, or remote backend communication can trigger out-of-bounds reads. This affects all token backends (Soft, ICA, CCA, TPM, EP11, ICSF) since the vulnerable code is in the shared common library. A patch is available thorugh commit ed378f463ef73364c89feb0fc923f4dc867332a3.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libopencryptoki0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.17.0+dfsg+20220202.b40982e-0ubuntu1.3 libopencryptoki0 3.17.0+dfsg+20220202.b40982e-0ubuntu1.3 Apr 16, 2026
libopencryptoki0 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 3.23.0+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 libopencryptoki0 3.23.0+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 Apr 16, 2026
libopencryptoki0 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.26.0+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 libopencryptoki0 3.26.0+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 Apr 16, 2026
openCryptoki · opensuse-leap 16.0 3.27.0-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21059-1 Jun 25, 2026
openCryptoki · sles 15.7 3.26.0-150700.5.17.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2757-1 Jul 3, 2026
openCryptoki · sles 16.0 3.27.0-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22365-1 Jun 25, 2026
opencryptoki · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.23.0+dfsg-0.3+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40253 Apr 16, 2026
opencryptoki · Debian 14 3.27.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40253 Apr 16, 2026
opencryptoki · RHEL 10 3.24.0-6.el10_0.2 RHSA-2026:36697 Apr 16, 2026
opencryptoki · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.17.0+dfsg+20220202.b40982e-0ubuntu1.3 opencryptoki 3.17.0+dfsg+20220202.b40982e-0ubuntu1.3 Apr 16, 2026
opencryptoki · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 3.23.0+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 opencryptoki 3.23.0+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 Apr 16, 2026
opencryptoki · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.26.0+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 opencryptoki 3.26.0+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 Apr 16, 2026
opencryptoki · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki · ol 10 0:3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-28231 Jul 16, 2026
opencryptoki · ol 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki · ol 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ELSA-2026-28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki · rocky 10 0:3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 RLSA-2026:28231 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki · rocky 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RLSA-2026:26352 Jun 17, 2026
opencryptoki · rocky 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RLSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-ccatok · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-ccatok · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-ccatok · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-ccatok · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-ccatok · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-ccatok · ol 10 0:3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-28231 Jul 16, 2026
opencryptoki-ccatok · ol 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ELSA-2026-28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · ol 10 0:3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-28231 Jul 16, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · ol 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-devel · ol 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ELSA-2026-28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-ep11tok · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-ep11tok · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-ep11tok · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-ep11tok · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-ep11tok · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-icatok · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-icatok · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-icatok · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-icatok · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-icatok · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · ol 10 0:3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-28231 Jul 16, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · ol 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-icsftok · ol 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ELSA-2026-28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · ol 10 0:3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-28231 Jul 16, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · ol 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-libs · ol 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ELSA-2026-28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · RHEL 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 RHSA-2026:28256 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · almalinux 10 3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:28231 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · almalinux 9 3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ALSA-2026:28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · ol 10 0:3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-28231 Jul 16, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · ol 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-swtok · ol 9 0:3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 ELSA-2026-28256 Jun 23, 2026
opencryptoki-tpmtok · RHEL 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:26352 Jun 24, 2026
opencryptoki-tpmtok · almalinux 8 3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:26352 Jun 16, 2026
opencryptoki-tpmtok · ol 8 0:3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-26352 Jun 16, 2026

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