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Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2025-69421

2026-01-27
Severity Assessment
7.5
HIGH
CVSS v3.x Score
Clinical Analysis (Description)

Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer
dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function.

Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to
Denial of Service for an application processing PKCS#12 files.

The PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function does not check whether the oct
parameter is NULL before dereferencing it. When called from
PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata() with a malformed PKCS#12 file, this parameter can
be NULL, causing a crash. The vulnerability is limited to Denial of Service
and cannot be escalated to achieve code execution or memory disclosure.

Exploiting this issue requires an attacker to provide a malformed PKCS#12 file
to an application that processes it. For that reason the issue was assessed as
Low severity according to our Security Policy.

The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue,
as the PKCS#12 implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue.

Vector Sequencing

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Impact Consequences

Technical Impact

Unchanged
Scope
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Classification

CWE-CWE-476

Affected Population

Affected Configurations

Total: 22 detected entries

Software List Scrollable
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.0
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.1
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.4
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.8
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.9
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v1.0.2
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.11
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.3.2
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.2
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v1.1.1
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.7
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.12
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.5.0
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.5
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.14
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.3.1
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.3.0
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.13
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.6
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.3
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.15
op
openssl
Vendor: openssl • v3.0.10
Timeline

Time Line

PUBLICATION
27 Jan 2026
MODIFICATION
28 Feb 2026
FIRST PATCH
21 Apr 2026
Impact Statistics

Key Metrics

CVSS Score
7.5
HIGH
Products
22
Affected
Patches
6
Available
Remediation Protocol

Recommended Solution

No automatic solution found. Check vendor references.
Recommended Actions for Administrators

Immediate Action Plan

1. Inventory

Identify all affected systems in your infrastructure.

2. Assessment

Assess exposure and criticality for your organization.

3. Mitigation

Apply patches or available workarounds.

4. Verification

Test and confirm effectiveness of applied measures.