CVE-2026-63076
Description
Issue summary: OpenSSL CMP password based protection verification only checks whether the protectionAlg parameter was not NULL and not its ASN.1 type, before treating it as a PBMParameter. A crafted message can contain a parameter of a different type, which is then dereferenced as an invalid pointer. Impact summary: A remote, unauthenticated attacker can crash an application acting as a CMP serve…
Description from NVD (National Vulnerability Database).
- Product
- OpenSSL
- Severity
- CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
- Published
- Source
- NVD (National Vulnerability Database) · View on NVD
Severity is the CVSS score; the real impact depends on the version and configuration you run. Always check affected versions and fixes in the original advisory.