CVE-2026-22796
Medium · 5.3CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.6%
Published
Jan 27, 2026
CISA due date
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The record
Issue summary: A type confusion vulnerability exists in the signature verification of signed PKCS#7 data where an ASN1_TYPE union member is accessed without first validating the type, causing an invalid or NULL pointer dereference when processing malformed PKCS#7 data. Impact summary: An application performing signature verification of PKCS#7 data or calling directly the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function can be caused to dereference an invalid or NULL pointer when reading, resulting in a Denial of Service. The function PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() accesses the message digest attribute value without validating its type. When the type is not V_ASN1_OCTET_STRING, this results in accessing invalid memory through the ASN1_TYPE union, causing a crash. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to provide a malformed signed PKCS#7 to an application that verifies it. The impact of the exploit is just a Denial of Service, the PKCS7 API is legacy and applications should be using the CMS API instead. For these reasons the issue was assessed as Low severity. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the PKCS#7 parsing implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssl | 0 | 1:3.5.1-7.el10_1.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssl-devel | 0 | 1:3.5.1-7.el10_1.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssl-libs | 0 | 1:3.5.1-7.el10_1.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssl-perl | 0 | 1:3.5.1-7.el10_1.alma.1 |
| Chainguard | libcrypto3-2.34 | 0 | 3.6.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | openssl | 0 | 3.6.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips | 0 | 0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips-3.1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips-3.4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips-3.6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mageia:9 | openssl | 0 | 3.0.19-1.mga9 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150400.4.78.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150400.4.78.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150500.5.57.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150500.5.57.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150400.4.78.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150400.4.78.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.2.3-150700.5.24.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150400.4.78.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150500.5.57.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | openssl-1_1 | 0 | 1.1.1w-150600.5.21.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.1.4-150600.5.42.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150400.4.78.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.0.8-150500.5.57.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | openssl-1_1 | 0 | 1.1.1w-150600.5.21.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.1.4-150600.5.42.1 |
| Wolfi | openssl | 0 | 3.6.1-r0 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | openssl-1_0_0 | 0 | 1.0.2p-150000.3.102.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | openssl-1_1 | 0 | 1.1.1w-150600.5.21.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.1.4-150600.5.42.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | openssl-3 | 0 | 3.5.0-160000.5.1 |
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