CVE-2026-42771

MEDIUM EPSS 8.8%
Published Jun 9, 20262w ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.2 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jun 9, 2026 2w ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Issue summary: When the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email is called by an application to validate a crafted e-mail address, such as during S/MIME message validation, an out of bounds read can happen. Impact summary: This out of bounds read will not directly exfiltrate the data read to the attacker so the most likely result is a crash and a Denial of Service. An internal helper function called from X509_VERIFY_PARAM_[set|add]_email() used a wrong length when validating the local part of an email address. This could cause the 64 octet limit on the local part of an email address to be not enforced, or cause an out of bound read and potentially a crash. The bug is reachable via S-MIME validation with a crafted From: address supplied in an email message that can potentially cause a crash. No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.2
Exploitability
2.5
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
8.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
opensslopenssl4.0.0any

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6cd187689f8180c1f8a3acde21f88190c4a20de7
    Patch
  • openssl-library.org https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6cd187689f8180c1f8a3acde21f88190c4a20de7
    Patch