NULL Pointer Dereference in CMP Client Revocation Response Handling
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 6 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
Issue summary: A CMP client that requests certificate revocation on the basis of a PKCS#10 CSR may dereference a NULL pointer and terminate abnormally when processing a crafted revocation response. Impact summary: The NULL pointer dereference happens on a read which leads to a crash and a Denial of Service for the affected client application. CWE: CWE-476: NULL-pointer dereference Description: A CMP client revoking a certificate has to tell the server which certificate to revoke, and may do so by supplying a PKCS#10 CSR instead of the certificate itself or its issuer name and serial number. This is 'openssl cmp -cmd rr -csr <file>' on the command line, or OSSL_CMP_exec_RR_ses() with the certificate supplied via OSSL_CMP_CTX_set1_p10CSR() through the API. A CSR does not contain the issuer name and serial number of the certificate, so the client does not send them. A server may optionally name the certificate it revoked in its response, and the client then compares that name against what it sent. Having sent neither an issuer name nor a serial number, it has nothing to compare against, and a server returning a specially crafted name causes the client to read from a NULL pointer and crash. The revocation response is checked for valid message protection before the affected code is reached, so an attacker must be a malicious or compromised CMP server, or a man-in-the-middle in possession of the secret used for message protection. Clients that identify the certificate to be revoked by a certificate or by issuer and serial number rather than by a PKCS#10 CSR are not affected. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the CMP protocol implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL | OpenSSL | 4.0.0 to before 4.0.3; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.5; 3.5.0 to before 3.5.9; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.8; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.23 | 4.0.3, 3.6.5, 3.5.9, 3.4.8, 3.0.23 | Patch available | CNA |
- OpenSSL VendorOpenSSL Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.3; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.5; 3.5.0 to before 3.5.9; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.8; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.23 Fixed in 4.0.3, 3.6.5, 3.5.9, 3.4.8, 3.0.23 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 to before 3.0.23; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.8; 3.5.0 to before 3.5.9; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.5; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.3 | Vulnerable | OpenSSL |
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.0.23; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.8; 3.5.0 to before 3.5.9; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.5; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·OpenSSL
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenSSL (OpenSSL) Fixed in 4.0.3, 3.6.5, 3.5.9, 3.4.8, 3.0.23
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2026:74166 Released 2026-09-30 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images openssl3-1:3.5.9-0.1.hum1@src, openssl3-devel-1:3.5.9-0.1.hum1@aarch64, openssl3-devel-1:3.5.9-0.1.hum1@x86_64 +4
- RHSA-2026:74162 Released 2026-09-30 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images openssl-1:3.5.9-0.1.hum1@aarch64, openssl-1:3.5.9-0.1.hum1@src, openssl-1:3.5.9-0.1.hum1@x86_64 +12
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
OpenSSL — openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260929.txt
14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 11 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-58283 DTLS Retransmits Handshake Messages From a Stale Buffer OffsetPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-58285 QUIC: Unbounded RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID BacklogPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-39654 QUIC STREAM Fragment Metadata DoSPriority MEDIUM 40
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | — |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Self-service automation portal 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:74162, RHSA-2026:74166 |
Not affected: 9 products
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat Satellite 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-75805
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gpg3-m652-f2vc
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-75805 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-75805 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gpg3-m652-f2vc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-75805 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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