CVE-2026-63072 (GCVE-0-2026-63072)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 12:59 – Updated: 2026-08-25 14:29
VLAI
Title
Heap Buffer Overflow in CMS Key Unwrapping
Summary
Issue summary: OpenSSL CMS decryption sizes the key-unwrap output buffer based on querying the unwrapped key size, but the AES-WRAP-PAD unwrap primitive can write and cleanse more bytes than that query reports, causing an 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write. Impact summary: An attacker who supplies a crafted CMS message can trigger a deterministic 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write when the victim decrypts it with CMS_decrypt(), corrupting the heap and typically resulting in a Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write Description: The key-wrap OID is potentially attacker-controlled on the wire. CMS unwrapping allows both id-aesNNN-wrap-pad and id-aesNNN-wrap ciphers. An attacker can take a legitimate message and change a single OID byte to select the padded variant while leaving the message otherwise valid. Since the unwrap key is derived from the recipient's private operation (ECDH key agreement or ML-KEM decapsulation), the RFC 5649 integrity check cannot pass, and the decryption fails with integrity failure. The write is a fixed-size (8-byte), fixed-value (zero) heap overflow immediately past the allocation, requires no special configuration, and is reachable from the public CMS_decrypt() function. The consequence is a heap corruption leading to a Denial of Service. The fix in the CMS code sizes the unwrap output buffer for the worst case so a failed unwrap cannot write past the allocation. FIPS impact: no As the CMS code lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS modules are affected by this CVE.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-25 14:29 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OpenSSL OpenSSL Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.2 (semver)
Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.4 (semver)
Affected: 3.5.0 , < 3.5.8 (semver)
Affected: 3.4.0 , < 3.4.7 (semver)
Affected: 3.0.0 , < 3.0.22 (semver)
Affected: 1.1.1 , < 1.1.1zi (custom)
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Date Public
2026-08-25 11:36
Credits
Bhabani Sankar Das Filipe Casal(Trail of Bits) Daniel Kubec
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The fix in the CMS code\u003cbr\u003esizes the unwrap output buffer for the worst case so a failed unwrap cannot\u003cbr\u003ewrite past the allocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIPS impact: no\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the CMS code lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS\u003cbr\u003emodules are affected by this CVE.\", \"base64\": false}]}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-787\", \"description\": \"CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"3a12439a-ef3a-4c79-92e6-6081a721f1e5\", \"shortName\": \"openssl\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-08-25T12:59:34.428Z\"}}}",
      "cveMetadata": "{\"cveId\": \"CVE-2026-63072\", \"state\": \"PUBLISHED\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-08-25T14:29:55.378Z\", \"dateReserved\": \"2026-07-15T13:10:26.188Z\", \"assignerOrgId\": \"3a12439a-ef3a-4c79-92e6-6081a721f1e5\", \"datePublished\": \"2026-08-25T12:59:34.428Z\", \"assignerShortName\": \"openssl\"}",
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
      "dataVersion": "5.2"
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