CVE-2026-45447

Issue summary: A specially crafted PKCS#7 or S/MIME signed message could trigger a use-after-free during PKCS#7 signature verification. Impact summary: A use-after-free may result in process crashes, heap corruption, or potentially remote code execution. When processing a PKCS#7 or S/MIME signed message, if the SignedData digestAlgorithms field is present as an empty ASN.1 SET, OpenSSL may incorrectly free a caller-owned BIO during PKCS7_verify(). A subsequent use of the BIO by the calling application results in a use-after-free condition. In the common case this occurs when the application later calls BIO_free() on the BIO originally passed to PKCS7_verify(). Depending on allocator behavior and application-specific BIO usage patterns, this may result in a crash or other memory corruption. In some application contexts this may potentially be exploitable for remote code execution. Applications that process PKCS#7 or S/MIME signed messages using OpenSSL PKCS#7 APIs may be affected. Applications using the CMS APIs for this processing are not 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

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Jul 2026, 13:18

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44438 -

23 Jul 2026, 08:10

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Summary
  • (es) Resumen del problema: Un mensaje firmado PKCS#7 o S/MIME especialmente diseñado podría desencadenar un uso después de liberación durante la verificación de firma PKCS#7. Resumen del impacto: Un uso después de liberación puede resultar en caídas de proceso, corrupción de heap o potencialmente ejecución remota de código. Al procesar un mensaje firmado PKCS#7 o S/MIME, si el campo digestAlgorithms de SignedData está presente como un SET ASN.1 vacío, OpenSSL puede liberar incorrectamente un BIO propiedad del llamador durante PKCS7_verify(). Un uso posterior del BIO por la aplicación llamadora resulta en una condición de uso después de liberación. En el caso común, esto ocurre cuando la aplicación llama posteriormente a BIO_free() en el BIO pasado originalmente a PKCS7_verify(). Dependiendo del comportamiento del asignador y de los patrones de uso de BIO específicos de la aplicación, esto puede resultar en una caída u otra corrupción de memoria. En algunos contextos de aplicación, esto podría ser potencialmente explotable para ejecución remota de código. Las aplicaciones que procesan mensajes firmados PKCS#7 o S/MIME utilizando las APIs PKCS#7 de OpenSSL pueden verse afectadas. Las aplicaciones que utilizan las APIs CMS para este procesamiento no se ven afectadas. Los módulos FIPS en 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4 y 3.0 no se ven afectados por este problema, ya que el código afectado está fuera del límite del módulo FIPS de OpenSSL.

15 Jul 2026, 14:18

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39981 -

14 Jul 2026, 12:17

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39009 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39012 -

08 Jul 2026, 13:16

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36215 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36217 -

06 Jul 2026, 13:16

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35869 -

01 Jul 2026, 13:17

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34102 -

30 Jun 2026, 03:20

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25237 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25239 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26275 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45447 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481898 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45447.json -
CWE CWE-825

16 Jun 2026, 02:56

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Openssl openssl
Openssl
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3aad5eb7af4de4ee0633c30a8541a54d9bbde63c - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3aad5eb7af4de4ee0633c30a8541a54d9bbde63c - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7d4a980c62258c5910cc883936e0c8dbab4d75a8 - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7d4a980c62258c5910cc883936e0c8dbab4d75a8 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9dfd688ad2290fc5075cacbc9bf0c9a93eefed54 - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9dfd688ad2290fc5075cacbc9bf0c9a93eefed54 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a541ae8bfe849a30cc885e8780715c0f488e496c - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a541ae8bfe849a30cc885e8780715c0f488e496c - Patch
References () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/c505d7559da5d5f9f2c3913c6883a5562ce7273e - () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/c505d7559da5d5f9f2c3913c6883a5562ce7273e - Patch
References () https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt - () https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt - Vendor Advisory

10 Jun 2026, 15:16

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8

10 Jun 2026, 08:16

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References
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/3aad5eb7af4de4ee0633c30a8541a54d9bbde63c', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/7d4a980c62258c5910cc883936e0c8dbab4d75a8', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/9dfd688ad2290fc5075cacbc9bf0c9a93eefed54', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/a541ae8bfe849a30cc885e8780715c0f488e496c', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • {'url': 'https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/c505d7559da5d5f9f2c3913c6883a5562ce7273e', 'source': 'openssl-security@openssl.org'}
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3aad5eb7af4de4ee0633c30a8541a54d9bbde63c -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7d4a980c62258c5910cc883936e0c8dbab4d75a8 -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9dfd688ad2290fc5075cacbc9bf0c9a93eefed54 -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a541ae8bfe849a30cc885e8780715c0f488e496c -
  • () https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/c505d7559da5d5f9f2c3913c6883a5562ce7273e -

09 Jun 2026, 20:16

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8

09 Jun 2026, 17:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-09 17:17

Updated : 2026-07-27 13:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-45447

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45447

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45447


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Products Affected

openssl

  • openssl
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free

CWE-825

Expired Pointer Dereference