CVE-2026-63072

Heap Buffer Overflow in CMS Key Unwrapping

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM UTC
Updated: September 11, 2026 at 09:30 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSL

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Issue summary: OpenSSL CMS decryption sizes the key-unwrap output buffer based on querying the unwrapped key size, but the AES-WRAP-PAD unwrap primitive can write and cleanse more bytes than that query reports, causing an 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write. Impact summary: An attacker who supplies a crafted CMS message can trigger a deterministic 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write when the victim decrypts it with CMS_decrypt(), corrupting the heap and typically resulting in a Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write Description: The key-wrap OID is potentially attacker-controlled on the wire. CMS unwrapping allows both id-aesNNN-wrap-pad and id-aesNNN-wrap ciphers. An attacker can take a legitimate message and change a single OID byte to select the padded variant while leaving the message otherwise valid. Since the unwrap key is derived from the recipient's private operation (ECDH key agreement or ML-KEM decapsulation), the RFC 5649 integrity check cannot pass, and the decryption fails with integrity failure. The write is a fixed-size (8-byte), fixed-value (zero) heap overflow immediately past the allocation, requires no special configuration, and is reachable from the public CMS_decrypt() function. The consequence is a heap corruption leading to a Denial of Service. The fix in the CMS code sizes the unwrap output buffer for the worst case so a failed unwrap cannot write past the allocation. FIPS impact: no As the CMS code lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS modules are affected by this CVE.

Affected

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

1.1.1 ≤ v < 1.1.1zi3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0.223.4.0 ≤ v < 3.4.73.5.0 ≤ v < 3.5.83.6.0 ≤ v < 3.6.44.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.21.1.13.0.03.4.03.5.03.6.04.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.1.1zi, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.4.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.5.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787

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