CVE-2026-75803

openssl: Issue summary: ChaCha20-Poly1305 and AES-OCB decryption with an empty ciphertext can report success without verifying...

CVE-2026-75803 is fixed in 31 products on 1 platform, first by efi-shell-aa64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10, released August 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.1
critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0025
17th percentile

Issue summary: ChaCha20-Poly1305 and AES-OCB decryption with an empty ciphertext can report success without verifying the supplied authentication tag when the operation is finalized by calling the EVP_Cipher() function. Impact summary: Applications calling EVP_Cipher() on an empty ciphertext and expecting the call to check the AEAD tag may accept forged messages. CWE: CWE-354 (Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value) Description: The EVP_Cipher() API call for AEAD ciphers behaves like a one shot encryption and decryption call. It also verifies the AEAD tag after the decryption operation. However for AES-OCB and ChaCha20-Poly1305 ciphers it skipped the AEAD tag verification when an empty ciphertext was passed to the function. The callers of this function might believe that a successful return indicates a valid AEAD tag for these ciphers, even when that has not truly been validated in this case. FIPS impact: no The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this CVE as the affected algorithms are not FIPS approved and thus not implemented in the FIPS module.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
efi-shell-aa64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 efi-shell-aa64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-aa64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 efi-shell-aa64 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-arm · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 efi-shell-arm 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-ia32 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 efi-shell-ia32 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-loongarch64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 efi-shell-loongarch64 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-riscv64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 efi-shell-riscv64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-riscv64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 efi-shell-riscv64 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-x64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 efi-shell-x64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
efi-shell-x64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 efi-shell-x64 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
libssl3 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29 libssl3 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29 Aug 27, 2026
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15 libssl3t64 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15 Aug 27, 2026
libssl3t64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.5 libssl3t64 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.5 Aug 24, 2026
openssl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 3.0.22-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75803 Aug 27, 2026
openssl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.5.7-1~deb13u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75803 Aug 27, 2026
openssl · Debian 14 3.6.4-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75803 Aug 27, 2026
openssl · RHEL 9 1:3.5.8-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:67165 Sep 19, 2026
openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29 openssl 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29 Aug 27, 2026
openssl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15 openssl 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15 Aug 27, 2026
openssl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.5 openssl 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.5 Aug 24, 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-3 · opensuse-leap 16.0 3.5.0-160000.10.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21744-1 Sep 2, 2026
openssl-3 · sles 15.6 3.1.4-150600.5.64.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3866-1 Aug 28, 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 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-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 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-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 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-provider-legacy · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.5 openssl-provider-legacy 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.5 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
ovmf · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 ovmf 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
ovmf · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 ovmf 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
ovmf-amdsev · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 ovmf-amdsev 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
ovmf-generic · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 ovmf-generic 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
ovmf-ia32 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 ovmf-ia32 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
ovmf-inteltdx · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 ovmf-inteltdx 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
ovmf-legacy · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 ovmf-legacy 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
ovmf-legacy · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 ovmf-legacy 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
qemu-efi-aarch64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 qemu-efi-aarch64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
qemu-efi-aarch64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 qemu-efi-aarch64 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
qemu-efi-arm · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 qemu-efi-arm 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
qemu-efi-loongarch64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 qemu-efi-loongarch64 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026
qemu-efi-riscv64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 qemu-efi-riscv64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.10 Aug 24, 2026
qemu-efi-riscv64 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 qemu-efi-riscv64 2025.11-3ubuntu7.3 Aug 24, 2026

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