openCryptoki: Memory safety vulnerabilities in BER/DER decoders in asn1.c
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 11 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
openCryptoki is a PKCS#11 library and provides tooling for Linux and AIX. In versions 3.26.0 and below, the BER/DER decoding functions in the shared common library (asn1.c) accept a raw pointer but no buffer length parameter, and trust attacker-controlled BER length fields without validating them against actual buffer boundaries. All primitive decoders are affected: ber_decode_INTEGER, ber_decode_SEQUENCE, ber_decode_OCTET_STRING, ber_decode_BIT_STRING, and ber_decode_CHOICE. Additionally, ber_decode_INTEGER can produce integer underflows when the encoded length is zero. An attacker supplying a malformed BER-encoded cryptographic object through PKCS#11 operations such as C_CreateObject or C_UnwrapKey, token loading from disk, or remote backend communication can trigger out-of-bounds reads. This affects all token backends (Soft, ICA, CCA, TPM, EP11, ICSF) since the vulnerable code is in the shared common library. A patch is available thorugh commit ed378f463ef73364c89feb0fc923f4dc867332a3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opencryptoki | opencryptoki | up to 3.26.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- opencryptoki Vendoropencryptoki Affected up to 3.26.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 3.26.0 | Vulnerable | opencryptoki |
- cpe:2.3:a:opencryptoki_project:opencryptoki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.26.0 Vulnerable ·opencryptoki
Remediation
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2026:36717 Released 2026-07-08 · Red Hat rating Moderateopencryptoki security update
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) opencryptoki-devel-3.24.0-5.el9_6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) opencryptoki-3.24.0-5.el9_6.2, opencryptoki-ccatok-3.24.0-5.el9_6.2, opencryptoki-ep11tok-3.24.0-5.el9_6.2 +4
- RHSA-2026:36697 Released 2026-07-08 · Red Hat rating Moderateopencryptoki security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) opencryptoki-3.24.0-6.el10_0.2, opencryptoki-ccatok-3.24.0-6.el10_0.2, opencryptoki-ep11tok-3.24.0-6.el10_0.2 +4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) opencryptoki-devel-3.24.0-6.el10_0.2
- RHSA-2026:33519 Released 2026-06-30 · Red Hat rating Moderateopencryptoki security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4) opencryptoki-3.22.0-3.el9_4.3, opencryptoki-ccatok-3.22.0-3.el9_4.3, opencryptoki-ep11tok-3.22.0-3.el9_4.3 +4
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:28256 Released 2026-06-23 · Red Hat rating Moderateopencryptoki security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) opencryptoki-3.26.0-2.el9_8.2, opencryptoki-ccatok-3.26.0-2.el9_8.2, opencryptoki-ep11tok-3.26.0-2.el9_8.2 +4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) opencryptoki-devel-3.26.0-2.el9_8.2
- RHSA-2026:28231 Released 2026-06-23 · Red Hat rating Moderateopencryptoki security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) opencryptoki-3.26.0-3.el10_2.1, opencryptoki-ccatok-3.26.0-3.el10_2.1, opencryptoki-ep11tok-3.26.0-3.el10_2.1 +4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) opencryptoki-devel-3.26.0-3.el10_2.1
- RHSA-2026:26352 Released 2026-06-16 · Red Hat rating Moderateopencryptoki security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) opencryptoki-3.22.0-3.el8_10.3, opencryptoki-ccatok-3.22.0-3.el8_10.3, opencryptoki-ep11tok-3.22.0-3.el8_10.3 +5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) opencryptoki-devel-3.22.0-3.el8_10.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:36717 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:28231 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:26352 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:28256 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:33519 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:36697 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:36717 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:26352 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:28231 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:28256 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:36697 |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40253
References
More Opencryptoki vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-19251 openCryptoki has improper link resolution before file access (link following) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2026-18309 openCryptoki incorrectly calculates the buffer size in C_WrapKey with CKM_ECDH_AES_KEY_WRAP CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
- TI-2024-00843 Opencryptoki: timing side-channel in handling of rsa pkcs#1 v1.5 padded ciphertexts (marvin) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2012-03797 openCryptoki 2.4.1 allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2021-02729 Information disclosure in opencryptoki CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2012-03796 openCryptoki before 2.4.1, when using spinlocks, allows local users to create or set… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-40253 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40253 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-40253 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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