CVE-2026-40253

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.
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cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Apr 2026, 20:15

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References () https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/commit/ed378f463ef73364c89feb0fc923f4dc867332a3 - () https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/commit/ed378f463ef73364c89feb0fc923f4dc867332a3 - Patch
References () https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/security/advisories/GHSA-c9cf-6vr4-wfxm - () https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/security/advisories/GHSA-c9cf-6vr4-wfxm - Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
First Time Opencryptoki Project
Opencryptoki Project opencryptoki
CPE cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References () https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/security/advisories/GHSA-c9cf-6vr4-wfxm - () https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/security/advisories/GHSA-c9cf-6vr4-wfxm -

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Information

Published : 2026-04-16 23:16

Updated : 2026-04-22 20:15


NVD link : CVE-2026-40253

Mitre link : CVE-2026-40253

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-40253


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Products Affected

opencryptoki_project

  • opencryptoki
CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read