CVE-2026-63073

Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation

CVE-2026-63073 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4, released August 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0116
67th percentile

Issue summary: OpenSSL CMP response validation passed an unexpected response sender distinguished name directly as the format string to `ERR_raise_data()`. Impact summary: A malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint can crash a CMP client that enforces an expected sender or uses a pinned server certificate whose subject becomes the default expected sender. CWE: CWE-134 (Use of Externally-Controlled Format String) Description: When validating a received CMP message, ossl_cmp_msg_check_update() converts the peer-supplied sender distinguished name with X509_NAME_oneline() and passes it directly as the format argument to ERR_raise_data(). Percent characters survive the conversion, so a sender DN such as "CN=%s%n" reaches BIO_vsnprintf() as an attacker-controlled format string with no matching variadic arguments. This path is only reached when the caller configures an expected sender or pins a server certificate, which is the normal configuration for a CMP client validating server responses. Since the attacker controls the format string but none of the variadic arguments, such specifiers as %s and %n dereference or write through unrelated stack contents and crash the client. The reliable consequence is a denial of service, when the response comes from a malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint. There is no controlled memory write, arbitrary-address read, or reliable path to remote code execution. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the CMP protocol implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4 libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4 Aug 24, 2026
openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.5.7-1~deb13u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63073 Aug 26, 2026
openssl · Debian 14 3.6.4-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63073 Aug 26, 2026
openssl · RHEL 10 3.5.8-1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:67154 Sep 14, 2026
openssl · RHEL 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67165 Sep 19, 2026
openssl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4 openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4 Aug 24, 2026
openssl · almalinux 10 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:67154 Sep 14, 2026
openssl · almalinux 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67165 Sep 14, 2026
openssl · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl · ol 10 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-67154-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl · ol 9 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-67165-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl · rocky 10 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2 RLSA-2026:67154 Sep 15, 2026
openssl · rocky 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RLSA-2026:67165 Sep 15, 2026
openssl-3 · opensuse-leap 16.0 3.5.0-160000.10.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21744-1 Sep 2, 2026
openssl-3 · sles 15.7 3.5.0-150700.5.50.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4039-1 Sep 7, 2026
openssl-3 · sles 16.0 3.5.0-160000.10.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23609-1 Sep 2, 2026
openssl-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-devel · RHEL 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67165 Sep 19, 2026
openssl-devel · almalinux 10 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:67154 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-devel · almalinux 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67165 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-devel · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-devel · ol 10 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-67154-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-devel · ol 9 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-67165-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-fips-provider-latest · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-fips-provider-latest-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-libs · RHEL 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67165 Sep 19, 2026
openssl-libs · almalinux 10 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:67154 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-libs · almalinux 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67165 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-libs · ol 10 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-67154-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-libs · ol 9 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-67165-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-perl · RHEL 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67165 Sep 19, 2026
openssl-perl · almalinux 10 1:3.5.8-1.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:67154 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-perl · almalinux 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:67165 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-perl · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-perl · ol 10 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-67154-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-perl · ol 9 1:3.5.8-1.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-67165-0 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-provider-legacy · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4 openssl-provider-legacy 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.4 Aug 24, 2026
openssl-snapsafe-libs · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026
openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:3.5.8-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-2136 Sep 14, 2026

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