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GHSA-2Q27-MPM9-44M4

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

Details

Impact summary: Users utilizing a CMP server that reuses a single OSSL_CMP_CTX for the lifetime of a server process may observe unbounded memory growth in the event a malicious client repeatedly sends requests containing unique extra certificates, which may lead to OOM conditions.

CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Description: If a remote user sends CMP messages to a server with a list of extraCerts and the message is rejected, the extraCerts from the message remains in the server contexts untrusted certificate stack. This exposes servers with long lived ctx objects to Denial of Service attacks in which an attacker sends messages intending to be rejected with a large list of additional certificates repeatedly, forcing the server to store them indefinitely.

The issue was fixed by removing the added extra certs if the message is rejected, using the same method as when the context is configured to not do caching at all.

FIPS impact: no As the CMP code lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS modules are affected by this CVE.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

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  "published": "2026-08-25T15:32:58Z",
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CVE-2026-63074 (GCVE-0-2026-63074)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 12:59 – Updated: 2026-08-25 14:36

Title

CMP Indefinite Cache Growth of ExtraCerts

Summary

Issue summary: The OpenSSL Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) caches additional certificates (extraCerts) sent in a CMP message, but never expunges them (for instance if they are invalid). If a server reuses an OSSL_CMP_CTX frequently, this cache of extraCerts may grow unboundedly, and a malicious client may flood a CMP server with requests driving this growth. Impact summary: Users utilizing a CMP server that reuses a single OSSL_CMP_CTX for the lifetime of a server process may observe unbounded memory growth in the event a malicious client repeatedly sends requests containing unique extra certificates, which may lead to OOM conditions. CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Description: If a remote user sends CMP messages to a server with a list of extraCerts and the message is rejected, the extraCerts from the message remains in the server contexts untrusted certificate stack. This exposes servers with long lived ctx objects to Denial of Service attacks in which an attacker sends messages intending to be rejected with a large list of additional certificates repeatedly, forcing the server to store them indefinitely. The issue was fixed by removing the added extra certs if the message is rejected, using the same method as when the context is configured to not do caching at all. FIPS impact: no As the CMP code lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS modules are affected by this CVE.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-25 14:36 UTC

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

openssl mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260825.txt	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/74ae7f6…	patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/01e5679…	patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/75360af…	patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/f636f9c…	patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/21a5d96…	patch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
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)

Date Public

2026-08-25 11:36

Credits

Pavоl Žáčik (Red Hat) Neil Horman

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CVE-2026-63074 (GCVE-0-2026-63074)

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