Vulnerability Description
Issue summary: A specially crafted PKCS#7 or S/MIME signed message could trigger a use-after-free during PKCS#7 signature verification. Impact summary: A use-after-free may result in process crashes, heap corruption, or potentially remote code execution. When processing a PKCS#7 or S/MIME signed message, if the SignedData digestAlgorithms field is present as an empty ASN.1 SET, OpenSSL may incorrectly free a caller-owned BIO during PKCS7_verify(). A subsequent use of the BIO by the calling application results in a use-after-free condition. In the common case this occurs when the application later calls BIO_free() on the BIO originally passed to PKCS7_verify(). Depending on allocator behavior and application-specific BIO usage patterns, this may result in a crash or other memory corruption. In some application contexts this may potentially be exploitable for remote code execution. Applications that process PKCS#7 or S/MIME signed messages using OpenSSL PKCS#7 APIs may be affected. Applications using the CMS APIs for this processing are not affected. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
CVSS Score
HIGH
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Openssl | Openssl | >= 1.0.2, < 1.0.2zq |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3aad5eb7af4de4ee0633c30a8541a54d9bbde6Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7d4a980c62258c5910cc883936e0c8dbab4d75Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9dfd688ad2290fc5075cacbc9bf0c9a93eefedPatch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a541ae8bfe849a30cc885e8780715c0f488e49Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/c505d7559da5d5f9f2c3913c6883a5562ce727Patch
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txtVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25237
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25239
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35869
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36215
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36217
FAQ
What is CVE-2026-45447?
CVE-2026-45447 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Issue summary: A specially crafted PKCS#7 or S/MIME signed message could trigger a use-after-free during PKCS#7 signature verification. Impact summary: A use-after-free may result in process crashes,...
How severe is CVE-2026-45447?
CVE-2026-45447 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 8.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-45447?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Openssl Openssl.