High severity · published Apr 7, 2026
CVE-2026-28389
Possible NULL Dereference When Processing CMS KeyAgreeRecipientInfo
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Issue summary: During processing of a crafted CMS EnvelopedData message
with KeyAgreeRecipientInfo a NULL pointer dereference can happen.
Impact summary: Applications that process attacker-controlled CMS data may
crash before authentication or cryptographic operations occur resulting in
Denial of Service.
When a CMS EnvelopedData message that uses KeyAgreeRecipientInfo is
processed, the optional parameters field of KeyEncryptionAlgorithmIdentifier
is examined without checking for its presence. This results in a NULL
pointer dereference if the field is missing.
Applications and services that call CMS_decrypt() on untrusted input
(e.g., S/MIME processing or CMS-based protocols) are vulnerable.
The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this
issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenSSL · OpenSSL
3.6.0 before 3.6.2; 3.5.0 before 3.5.6; 3.4.0 before 3.4.5; 3.3.0 before 3.3.7; 3.0.0 before 3.0.20; 1.1.1 before 1.1.1zg; +1 more · source: vendor, NVD
SC
SIMATIC CN 4100 · Siemens
before V5.0 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28389
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28389
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/16cea4188e0ea567deb4f93f85902247e67384f5
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/785cbf7ea3b5a6f5adf0c1ccb92b79d89c35c616
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7b5274e812400cacb6f3be4c2df5340923fa807f
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/c6725634e089eb2b634b10ede33944be7248172a
Patch
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/f80f83bc5fd036bc47d773e8b15a001e2b4ce686
Vendor Advisory
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260407.txt
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