Type confusion in OpenSSL - CVE-2026-22796
Published: January 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122086
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-22796
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PKCS#7 data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-22796
Install updates from vendor's website.