Out-of-bounds read in OpenSSL - CVE-2026-34180

 

Out-of-bounds read in OpenSSL - CVE-2026-34180

Published: June 10, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU134278
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-34180
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to integer truncation in the ASN.1 decoder when parsing a crafted DER-encoded ASN.1 structure with a primitive element whose content exceeds 2 gigabytes in length. A remote attacker can supply crafted ASN.1 input to disclose sensitive information.

The issue affects only 64-bit Unix and Unix-like platforms; 32-bit platforms and 64-bit Windows are not affected.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-34180

Install security update from vendor's website.

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