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CVE-2026-14457 (GCVE-0-2026-14457)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 12:58 – Updated: 2026-08-25 14:13

Title

RPK Server Signature Algorithm Selection Can Dereference a Missing Certificate

Summary

Issue summary: In a server or client configuration with RFC7250 Raw Public Keys (RPKs) enabled, and only the private key (with no associated certificate) configured locally, a NULL pointer dereference may occur when the remote peer solicits raw public keys and also sends the typically omitted "signature_algorithms_cert" TLS extension. Impact summary: The impact is limited to a possible Denial of Service as a result of an application abort, no data disclosure or remote command execution are possible. CWE: CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference Description: While a passing comment in sample code in the documentation suggests that key-only RPK configurations are supported, the best-practice RPK configuration is to always configure a corresponding certificate (possibly self-signed or signed by any convenient CA). When the private key is configured along with a matching certificate, the "signature_algorithms_cert" extension is handled reliably even without the fix, and peer clients or servers that don't support raw public keys may be able to complete a TLS connection by pinning or verifying the corresponding certificate or its public key. Deployments that prefer to configure just a private key with no certificate need to upgrade to an updated release as noted below. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the SSL protocol implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

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 14:13 UTC

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

openssl mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260825.txt	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/dad836b…	patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/581aaa0…	patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d0af204…	patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/1e8c398…	patch

Impacted products

1 product

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)	guessed

Date Public

2026-08-25 11:36

Credits

Filipe Casal (Trail of Bits) Viktor Dukhovni

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FKIE_CVE-2026-14457

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-25 13:17 - Updated: 2026-08-25 14:16

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

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	openssl-security@openssl.org	https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/581aaa0f0a35d214740f0fe1f5283ec41f1212e1
	openssl-security@openssl.org	https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d0af20478688a6aa2f59d61caa3f82136b181d7f
	openssl-security@openssl.org	https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/dad836b071da6579510c968615848ba03cac593b
	openssl-security@openssl.org	https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260825.txt

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      "value": "Issue summary: In a server or client configuration with RFC7250 Raw Public Keys (RPKs)\nenabled, and only the private key (with no associated certificate) configured locally,\na NULL pointer dereference may occur when the remote peer solicits raw public keys and\nalso sends the typically omitted \"signature_algorithms_cert\" TLS extension.\n\nImpact summary: The impact is limited to a possible Denial of Service as a result of\nan application abort, no data disclosure or remote command execution are possible.\n\nCWE: CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference\n\nDescription: While a passing comment in sample code in the documentation suggests\nthat key-only RPK configurations are supported, the best-practice RPK configuration\nis to always configure a corresponding certificate (possibly self-signed or\nsigned by any convenient CA).\n\nWhen the private key is configured along with a matching certificate, the\n\"signature_algorithms_cert\" extension is handled reliably even without the\nfix, and peer clients or servers that don\u0027t support raw public keys may be\nable to complete a TLS connection by pinning or verifying the corresponding\ncertificate or its public key.\n\nDeployments that prefer to configure just a private key with no certificate\nneed to upgrade to an updated release as noted below.\n\nFIPS impact: no\n\nNo FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the SSL protocol implementation\nis outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary."
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GHSA-6M2H-7HRP-6JW8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-25 15:32 – Updated: 2026-08-25 15:32

Details

Impact summary: The impact is limited to a possible Denial of Service as a result of an application abort, no data disclosure or remote command execution are possible.

CWE: CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Description: While a passing comment in sample code in the documentation suggests that key-only RPK configurations are supported, the best-practice RPK configuration is to always configure a corresponding certificate (possibly self-signed or signed by any convenient CA).

When the private key is configured along with a matching certificate, the "signature_algorithms_cert" extension is handled reliably even without the fix, and peer clients or servers that don't support raw public keys may be able to complete a TLS connection by pinning or verifying the corresponding certificate or its public key.

Deployments that prefer to configure just a private key with no certificate need to upgrade to an updated release as noted below.

FIPS impact: no

No FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the SSL protocol implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
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    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-6m2h-7hrp-6jw8",
  "modified": "2026-08-25T15:32:58Z",
  "published": "2026-08-25T15:32:58Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14457"
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}

ubuntu-cve-2026-14457

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-08-25 00:00

Modified

2026-08-25 00:00

Summary

Details

RPK Server Signature Algorithm Selection Can Dereference a Missing Certificate

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-14457	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14457	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8678-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2026-14457 (GCVE-0-2026-14457)

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GHSA-6M2H-7HRP-6JW8

ubuntu-cve-2026-14457

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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