7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-63072
Heap Buffer Overflow in CMS Key Unwrapping
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 25, 2026, 1:19 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 28, 2026, 7:46 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openssl openssl
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Solution
Apply OpenSSL patches to prevent out-of-bounds heap writes during CMS decryption.
  • Update OpenSSL to a patched version.
  • Recompile applications using OpenSSL.
  • Test affected CMS decryption functionality.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 25, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-63072', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-08-25T14:29:50.344129Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'OpenSSL', 'product': 'OpenSSL', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '4.0.0', 'lessThan': '4.0.2', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '3.6.0', 'lessThan': '3.6.4', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '3.5.0', 'lessThan': '3.5.8', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '3.4.0', 'lessThan': '3.4.7', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '3.0.0', 'lessThan': '3.0.22', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '1.1.1', 'lessThan': '1.1.1zi', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added Description 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.
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added Reference https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/2a3dac874c8057c1f0186849bf1ede1ae7b6b756
    Added Reference https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/87784ad619af36b8807c2044b3940006fccc1e42
    Added Reference https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9530a5fd1aacaeccdced4478ea2340a480613335
    Added Reference https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9ec2f6d2ae2bcad907cf7ee38584855bafe4979a
    Added Reference https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a0c8ec557d9cac078f032d76cdf684fe743eb382
    Added Reference https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260825.txt
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