OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) designed as companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on Arm; Cortex-A cores using the TrustZone technology. Starting in version 3.20.0 and prior to version 4.11.0, a vulnerability in OP-TEE’s subkey rollback protection allows the use of revoked or older subkey versions because the system fails to propagate versioning data during the Trusted Application (TA) loading process. In `core/crypto/signed_hdr.c`, the function `shdr_load_pub_key()` parses subkey headers but does not assign the `subkey_version` to the runtime `shdr_pub_key` structure. As a result, the `key->version` field remains at zero regardless of the version specified in the header. When `ree_fs_ta_open()` in `core/kernel/ree_fs_ta.c` calls `check_update_version()`, it passes this zeroed version to the rollback database. Because the database never receives a non-zero version to record, it never advances, effectively bypassing the rollback check and allowing TAs signed with downgraded subkey chains to load successfully. This impacts OP-TEE mainline configurations that utilize subkey-based signing chains for Trusted Application (TA) authentication. Version 4.11.0 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/security/advisories/GHSA-fhcg-pp56-8v75 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
07 Jul 2026, 18:55
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Trustedfirmware op-tee
Trustedfirmware |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:trustedfirmware:op-tee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/security/advisories/GHSA-fhcg-pp56-8v75 - Vendor Advisory |
06 Jul 2026, 20:16
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Information
Published : 2026-07-06 20:16
Updated : 2026-07-07 18:55
NVD link : CVE-2026-44362
Mitre link : CVE-2026-44362
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44362
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Products Affected
trustedfirmware
- op-tee
CWE
CWE-285
Improper Authorization
