CVE-2026-28388

Issue summary: When a delta CRL that contains a Delta CRL Indicator extension is processed a NULL pointer dereference might happen if the required CRL Number extension is missing. Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to a Denial of Service for an application. When CRL processing and delta CRL processing is enabled during X.509 certificate verification, the delta CRL processing does not check whether the CRL Number extension is NULL before dereferencing it. When a malformed delta CRL file is being processed, this parameter can be NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference. Exploiting this issue requires the X509_V_FLAG_USE_DELTAS flag to be enabled in the verification context, the certificate being verified to contain a freshestCRL extension or the base CRL to have the EXFLAG_FRESHEST flag set, and an attacker to provide a malformed CRL to an application that processes it. The vulnerability is limited to Denial of Service and cannot be escalated to achieve code execution or memory disclosure. For that reason the issue was assessed as Low severity according to our Security Policy. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Configurations

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History

12 May 2026, 13:17

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References
  • () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html -
  • () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html -

23 Apr 2026, 15:40

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References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/59c3b3158553ab53275bbbccca5cb305d591cf2e - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/59c3b3158553ab53275bbbccca5cb305d591cf2e - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5a0b4930779cd2408880979db765db919da55139 - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5a0b4930779cd2408880979db765db919da55139 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/602542f2c0c2d5edb47128f93eac10b62aeeefb3 - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/602542f2c0c2d5edb47128f93eac10b62aeeefb3 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a9d187dd1000130100fa7ab915f8513532cb3bb8 - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a9d187dd1000130100fa7ab915f8513532cb3bb8 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d3a901e8d9f021f3e67d6cfbc12e768129862726 - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d3a901e8d9f021f3e67d6cfbc12e768129862726 - Patch
References () https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260407.txt - () https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260407.txt - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Openssl openssl
Openssl

10 Apr 2026, 21:16

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v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

07 Apr 2026, 22:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-07 22:16

Updated : 2026-05-12 13:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-28388

Mitre link : CVE-2026-28388

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28388


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Products Affected

openssl

  • openssl
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference