CVE-2026-42766

Issue summary: A specially crafted password-encrypted CMS message can trigger a NULL pointer dereference during CMS decryption. Impact summary: This NULL pointer dereference leads to an application crash and a Denial of Service. The CMS PasswordRecipientInfo.keyDerivationAlgorithm field is defined as OPTIONAL in the ASN.1 specification and may therefore be absent in specially crafted inputs. During the password-based CMS decryption the OpenSSL CMS implementation dereferences this field without first checking whether it was present. An attacker who supplies such a CMS message to an application performing password-based CMS decryption can trigger an application crash, leading to a Denial of Service. Applications that process password-encrypted CMS messages may be affected. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 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

10 Jun 2026, 08:16

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References
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/056d06c1918fafbb98c1c85a02e4c47cc4e199ce', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/12bc26ffb3a2be728c9b86e1cae277de5b33dfa4', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/3ff64913615d648cfbb6a6f1cf5529ae7ea829d7', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/ab52d88cb5374876d59aee3c91f9e4ccce2b7ce4', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/da26f368732b83e40e9d356fe61c3d3aaab6d2e8', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/056d06c1918fafbb98c1c85a02e4c47cc4e199ce -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/12bc26ffb3a2be728c9b86e1cae277de5b33dfa4 -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3ff64913615d648cfbb6a6f1cf5529ae7ea829d7 -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ab52d88cb5374876d59aee3c91f9e4ccce2b7ce4 -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/da26f368732b83e40e9d356fe61c3d3aaab6d2e8 -

09 Jun 2026, 21:17

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.9

09 Jun 2026, 17:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-09 17:17

Updated : 2026-06-10 08:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-42766

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42766

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42766


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference