CVE-2023-0466

Certificate policy check not enabled

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2023 at 02:30 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSL

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() is documented to implicitly enable the certificate policy check when doing certificate verification. However the implementation of the function does not enable the check which allows certificates with invalid or incorrect policies to pass the certificate verification. As suddenly enabling the policy check could break existing deployments it was decided to keep the existing behavior of the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() function. Instead the applications that require OpenSSL to perform certificate policy check need to use X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies() or explicitly enable the policy check by calling X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags() with the X509_V_FLAG_POLICY_CHECK flag argument. Certificate policy checks are disabled by default in OpenSSL and are not commonly used by applications.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

1.0.2 ≤ v < 1.0.2zh1.1.1 ≤ v < 1.1.1u3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0.93.1.0 ≤ v < 3.1.11.0.21.1.13.0.03.1.0
Affected range stops below 1.0.2zh, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.1.1u, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295

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