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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-42769
PUBLISHED
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Assigner-openssl
Assigner Org ID-3a12439a-ef3a-4c79-92e6-6081a721f1e5
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-09 Jun, 2026 | 16:03
Updated At-10 Jun, 2026 | 07:48
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Trust-Anchor Substitution via cert/issuer Typo in CMP rootCaKeyUpdate

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.

Affected Products
Vendor
OpenSSLOpenSSL
Product
OpenSSL
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 4.0.0 before 4.0.1 (semver)
  • From 3.6.0 before 3.6.3 (semver)
  • From 3.5.0 before 3.5.7 (semver)
  • From 3.4.0 before 3.4.6 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-295CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-295
Description: CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
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Metrics Other Info
https://openssl-library.org/policies/general/security-policy/
text:
Low
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reporter
Alex Gaynor (Anthropic)
remediation developer
Alex Gaynor (Anthropic)
remediation developer
Bob Beck
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References
HyperlinkResource
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d531f21c0fe99067a66fc0ff1161ef127f9cd70b
patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d35cd473a271bf3ce7bf3d32af53217fb83ae92c
patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/54d0989997e5fc26057009a9782c3441ce3842fb
patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/777b363b16fcf2153bb3ded39dc3838713667c44
patch
Hyperlink: https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt
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vendor-advisory
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d531f21c0fe99067a66fc0ff1161ef127f9cd70b
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patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d35cd473a271bf3ce7bf3d32af53217fb83ae92c
Resource:
patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/54d0989997e5fc26057009a9782c3441ce3842fb
Resource:
patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/777b363b16fcf2153bb3ded39dc3838713667c44
Resource:
patch
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
Affected Products
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.15.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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