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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-42770
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)
FFC-DH Peer Validation Uses Attacker-Supplied q

Issue summary: When EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer() is called with a DHX (X9.42) peer key, the peer key is not properly checked for the subgroup membership. Impact summary: A malicious peer which presents an X9.42 key carrying the victim's p and g parameters, a forged q = r (a small prime factor of the cofactor (p−1)/q_local), and a public value Y of order r can recover the victim's private key after a small number of key exchange attempts. When EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer() is called with a DHX (X9.42) peer key, the subgroup membership check Y^q ≡ 1 (mod p) is performed using the peer's own q parameter, not the local key's q. The peer's domain parameters are then matched against the domain parameters of the private key, but the value of q is not compared. A malicious peer who presents an X9.42 key carrying the victim's p, g, a forged q = r (a small prime factor of the cofactor), and a public value Y of order r passes all checks. The shared secret then takes only r distinct values, leaking priv mod r. Repeating for each small-prime factor of the cofactor and combining via CRT recovers the full private key (Lim–Lee / small-subgroup-confinement attack). The realistic attack surface is narrow: principally CMP deployments with long-lived RA/CA DHX keys and bespoke enterprise or government applications using X9.42 DHX static keys with interactive protocols and therefore this issue was assigned Low severity. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are affected by this issue.

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)
  • From 3.0.0 before 3.0.21 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-325CWE-325 Missing Cryptographic Step
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-325
Description: CWE-325 Missing Cryptographic Step
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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
Viktor Dukhovni
remediation developer
Norbert Pócs
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References
HyperlinkResource
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3da5a516cd2635a320ff748503db2cef7c4b0f02
patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3ddbb7ab50bd93dfc59cbe08e269a67605aeebdb
patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ca2237ab5615641b662183b077f62c08d75e8070
patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5f452bba2c681423d8fcffd120a19b757ee42e3c
patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7fbfde7677ed8808828bf00ff01c937ca04bdda2
patch
Hyperlink: https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt
Resource:
vendor-advisory
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3da5a516cd2635a320ff748503db2cef7c4b0f02
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patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3ddbb7ab50bd93dfc59cbe08e269a67605aeebdb
Resource:
patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ca2237ab5615641b662183b077f62c08d75e8070
Resource:
patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5f452bba2c681423d8fcffd120a19b757ee42e3c
Resource:
patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7fbfde7677ed8808828bf00ff01c937ca04bdda2
Resource:
patch
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
Affected Products
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.13.7LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 3.7
Base severity: LOW
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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