Incorrect Tag Processing for Empty Messages in AES-GCM-SIV and AES-SIV modes
CVE-2026-45446 is fixed in 15 products on 1 platform, first by libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2, released June 8, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
Issue summary: The implementations of AES-SIV (RFC 5297) and AES-GCM-SIV (RFC 8452) mishandle the authentication of AAD (Additional Authenticated Data) with an empty ciphertext allowing a forgery of such messages. Impact summary: An attacker can forge empty messages with arbitrary AAD to the victim's application using these ciphers. AES-SIV (RFC 5297) and AES-GCM-SIV (RFC 8452) are nonce-misuse-resistant AEAD modes: they accept a key, nonce, optional AAD (bytes that are authenticated but not encrypted), and plaintext, and produces ciphertext plus a 16-byte tag. On decrypt, `EVP_DecryptFinal_ex()` is documented to return success only if the tag is verified succesfully. In OpenSSL's provider implementation of these ciphers, the expected tag is computed only when decryption function is invoked with non-empty data. If the caller supplies AAD and then calls `EVP_DecryptFinal_ex()` without invocation of the ciphertext update, which can happen when the received ciphertext length is zero, the tag is never recalculated and still holds its all-zeros value. When AES-GCM-SIV is used, an attacker who sends arbitrary AAD, empty ciphertext, and all-zeros tag passes authentication under any key they do not know, single-shot. When AES-SIV is used, for mounting the attack it's necessary for the application to reuse the decryption context without resetting the key. AES-SIV is implemented since OpenSSL 3.0. AES-GCM-SIV is implemented since OpenSSL 3.2. No protocols implemented in OpenSSL itself (TLS/CMS/PKCS7/HPKE/QUIC) support either AES-GCM-SIV or AES-SIV. To mount an attack, the applications must implement their own protocol and use the EVP interface. Also they must skip the ciphertext update when a message with an empty ciphertext arrives. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as these algorithms are not FIPS approved and the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| libssl3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25 | libssl3 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11 | libssl3t64 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 | libssl3t64 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 | libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 | Jun 8, 2026 |
| openssl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 3.0.20-1~deb12u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45446 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 3.5.6-1~deb13u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45446 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · Debian 14 | 3.6.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45446 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · RHEL 10 | 3.5.5-4.el10_2 | RHSA-2026:25237 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · RHEL 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | RHSA-2026:25239 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25 | openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11 | openssl 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 | openssl 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 | openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 | Jun 8, 2026 |
| openssl · almalinux 10 | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:25237 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl · almalinux 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:25239 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl · ol 10 | 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 | ELSA-2026-25237 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| openssl · ol 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 | ELSA-2026-25239 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| openssl · rocky 10 | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 | RLSA-2026:25237 | Jun 13, 2026 |
| openssl · rocky 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | RLSA-2026:25239 | Jun 13, 2026 |
| openssl-3 · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 3.5.0-160000.8.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21005-1 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-3 · sles 15.6 | 3.1.4-150600.5.53.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2393-1 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| openssl-3 · sles 15.7 | 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2648-1 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| openssl-3 · sles 16.0 | 3.5.0-160000.8.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22315-1 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-devel · RHEL 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | RHSA-2026:25239 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl-devel · almalinux 10 | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:25237 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl-devel · almalinux 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:25239 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-devel · ol 10 | 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 | ELSA-2026-25237 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| openssl-devel · ol 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 | ELSA-2026-25239 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| openssl-fips-provider-latest · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-fips-provider-latest-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-libs · RHEL 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | RHSA-2026:25239 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl-libs · almalinux 10 | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:25237 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl-libs · almalinux 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:25239 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl-libs · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-libs · ol 10 | 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 | ELSA-2026-25237 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| openssl-libs · ol 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 | ELSA-2026-25239 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-perl · RHEL 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | RHSA-2026:25239 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl-perl · almalinux 10 | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:25237 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl-perl · almalinux 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:25239 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| openssl-perl · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-perl · ol 10 | 1:3.5.5-5.0.1.el10_2 | ELSA-2026-25237 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| openssl-perl · ol 9 | 1:3.5.5-4.0.1.el9_8 | ELSA-2026-25239 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| openssl-provider-legacy · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 | openssl-provider-legacy 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| openssl-provider-legacy · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 | openssl-provider-legacy 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 | Jun 8, 2026 |
| openssl-snapsafe-libs · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:3.5.5-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1853 | Jun 22, 2026 |
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