{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "openssl: Possible NULL Dereference in Password-Based CMS Decryption",
    "id" : "2481890",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481890"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-476",
  "details" : [ "Issue summary: A specially crafted password-encrypted CMS message\ncan trigger a NULL pointer dereference during CMS decryption.\nImpact summary: This NULL pointer dereference leads to an application crash\nand a Denial of Service.\nThe CMS PasswordRecipientInfo.keyDerivationAlgorithm field is defined as\nOPTIONAL in the ASN.1 specification and may therefore be absent in specially\ncrafted inputs. During the password-based CMS decryption the OpenSSL\nCMS implementation dereferences this field without first checking whether it\nwas present.\nAn attacker who supplies such a CMS message to an application performing\npassword-based CMS decryption can trigger an application crash, leading to\na Denial of Service.\nApplications that process password-encrypted CMS messages may be affected.\nThe FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this\nissue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.", "A flaw was found in OpenSSL. A remote attacker could exploit a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) decryption process by providing a specially crafted password-encrypted CMS message. This occurs because the keyDerivationAlgorithm field, which is optional, is dereferenced without proper validation. Successful exploitation leads to an application crash, resulting in a Denial of Service." ],
  "statement" : "This issue is rated as Low impact. A NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL's CMS decryption can be triggered by a specially crafted password-encrypted CMS message, leading to an Red Hat application crash and Denial of Service. This affects applications that perform password-based CMS decryption.",
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    "release_date" : "2026-06-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:25237",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2",
    "package" : "openssl-1:3.5.5-4.el10_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2026-06-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:25239",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "openssl-1:3.5.5-4.el9_8"
  }, {
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    "release_date" : "2026-06-11T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:25239",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "openssl-1:3.5.5-4.el9_8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5",
    "release_date" : "2026-06-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:26319",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:5::el9",
    "package" : "rhui5/cds-rhel9:1781525684"
  }, {
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    "release_date" : "2026-06-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:26319",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:5::el9",
    "package" : "rhui5/haproxy-rhel9:1781525671"
  }, {
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    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:5::el9",
    "package" : "rhui5/installer-rhel9:1781525693"
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  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
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    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "edk2",
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  }, {
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  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
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    "package_name" : "mingw-openssl",
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    "package_name" : "compat-openssl11",
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    "package_name" : "rhcos",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
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  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42766\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42766" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-42766",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}