CVE-2026-42769
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 5.3
Issue Summary: An error in the callback used to verify the certificate provided in a Root CA key update Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) message response rendered the certificate validation ineffectual, which could lead to escalation of credentials from the Registration Authority (RA) level to the root Certification Authority (root CA) level. Impact Summary: The Registration Autority could replace the root CA certificate for the CMP clients with an arbitrary root CA certificate. One of the parts of the Certificate Management Protocol (CMP), specified in RFC 9810, is Root Certification Authority (root CA) key Rollover, which is sent by the server in a message with type 'id-it-rootCaKeyUpdate'. As part of these messages, 'newWithOld' certificate, the new root CA certificate signed with the old root CA key, is provided, and verifying its signature is crucial for transferring the trust from the old CA key to the new one. The 'id-it-rootCaKeyUpdate' messages are expected to be processed with OSSL_CMP_get1_rootCaKeyUpdate(), that is expected to verify the 'newWithOld' certificate. A typo in the certificate chain building code led to adding an incorrect certificate ('newWithOld' instead of 'oldRoot') to the certificate chain, rendering the certificate verification process ineffectual (only the issuer name and the algorithm OIDs were verified by other parts of the verification code). An attacker who already has credentials that satisfy the CMP message protection checks can generate a new key pair and use a crafted self-signed certificate in its 'id-it-rootCaKeyUpdate' CMP messages which affected CMP clients would accept as a new trust anchor. Significant preconditions for the attack (having valid RA-level credentials) are the reason the issue was assigned Low severity. The FIPS modules are not affected by this issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Products: OpenSSL
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 10 | openssl | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | openssl-devel | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | openssl-libs | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | openssl-perl | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2.alma.1 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | openssl | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | openssl-devel | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | openssl-libs | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | openssl-perl | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Alpine 3.22 | openssl | 3.5.7-r0 |
| Alpine 3.23 | openssl | 3.5.7-r0 |
| Alpine 3.24 | openssl | 3.5.7-r0 |
| Chainguard | libcrypto3 | 3.6.3-r0 |
| Chainguard | libcrypto3-2.34 | 3.6.3-r0 |
| Chainguard | openssl | 3.6.3-r0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips-3.4.0 | 0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips-3.4.0-dbg | 0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips-3.6.0 | 0 |
| Chainguard | openssl-provider-fips-3.6.0-dbg | 0 |
| Debian 13 | openssl | 3.5.6-1~deb13u2 |
| Debian 14 | openssl | 3.6.3-1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | openssl | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | openssl-debuginfo | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | openssl-debugsource | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | openssl-devel | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | openssl-libs | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | openssl-libs-debuginfo | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 | openssl-perl | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | openssl | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | openssl-debuginfo | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | openssl-debugsource | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | openssl-devel | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | openssl-libs | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | openssl-libs-debuginfo | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | openssl-perl | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | bootupd | 0:0.3.2-1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | chunkah | 0:0.6.0-3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl-config-fips | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl-devel | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl-devel-engine | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl-fips-provider-upstream | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl-libs | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl-perl | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl3 | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl3-devel | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl3-devel-engine | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | openssl3-libs | 0:3.5.8-0.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | python-cryptography | 0:50.0.0-1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | python3-cryptography | 0:50.0.0-1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3 | 0:3.3.10-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-bundled-gems | 0:3.3.10-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-default-gems | 0:3.3.10-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-devel | 0:3.3.10-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-doc | 0:3.3.10-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-libs | 0:3.3.10-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4 | 0:3.4.10-31.7.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-bundled-gems | 0:3.4.10-31.7.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-default-gems | 0:3.4.10-31.7.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-devel | 0:3.4.10-31.7.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-doc | 0:3.4.10-31.7.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-libs | 0:3.4.10-31.7.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0 | 0:4.0.6-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-bundled-gems | 0:4.0.6-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-default-gems | 0:4.0.6-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-devel | 0:4.0.6-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-doc | 0:4.0.6-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-libs | 0:4.0.6-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-bigdecimal | 0:3.1.5-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-bundler | 0:2.5.22-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-devel | 0:3.5.22-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-io-console | 0:0.7.1-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-irb | 0:1.13.1-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-json | 0:2.7.2-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-minitest | 0:5.20.0-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-power_assert | 0:2.0.3-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-psych | 0:5.1.2-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-racc | 0:1.7.3-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-rake | 0:13.1.0-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-rbs | 0:3.4.0-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-rdoc | 0:6.6.3.1-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-rexml | 0:3.4.4-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-rss | 0:0.3.1-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-rubygems | 0:3.5.22-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-test-unit | 0:3.6.1-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem3.3-typeprof | 0:0.21.9-23.6.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-bigdecimal | 0:4.0.1-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-bundler | 0:4.0.16-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-devel | 0:4.0.16-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-io-console | 0:0.8.2-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-irb | 0:1.16.0-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-json | 0:2.18.0-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-minitest | 0:6.0.0-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-power_assert | 0:3.0.1-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-psych | 0:5.3.1-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-racc | 0:1.8.1-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-rake | 0:13.3.1-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-rbs | 0:3.10.0-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-rdoc | 0:7.0.4-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-rexml | 0:3.4.4-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-rss | 0:0.3.2-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-rubygems | 0:4.0.16-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-test-unit | 0:3.7.5-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rubygem4.0-typeprof | 0:0.31.1-37.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | rust-bootupd | 0:0.3.2-1.hum1 |
| Rocky Linux 10 | openssl | 1:3.5.5-4.el10_2 |
| Rocky Linux 9 | openssl | 1:3.5.5-4.el9_8 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | openssl-3 | 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.8.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.8.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.8.1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | openssl | 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | openssl | 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | edk2 | no fix |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | openssl | 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | edk2 | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | edk2-hwe | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | openssl | 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2 |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | edk2 | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | edk2-hwe | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | nodejs | no fix |
| Wolfi | libcrypto3 | 3.6.3-r0 |
| Wolfi | openssl | 3.6.3-r0 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | openssl-3 | 3.5.0-160000.8.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | openssl-3 | 3.5.3-6.1 |