Improper Certificate Validation in OpenSSL - CVE-2026-42769

Vulnerability identifier: #VU134284

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 7.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-42769

CWE-ID: CWE-295

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to replace the root CA certificate trusted by CMP clients.

The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation in OSSL_CMP_get1_rootCaKeyUpdate() when processing id-it-rootCaKeyUpdate CMP messages. A remote user can send a crafted CMP root CA key update message to replace the root CA certificate trusted by CMP clients.

Exploitation requires credentials that satisfy the CMP message protection checks.

OpenSSL
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
FreeBSD
Basesystem Module
Ubuntu
IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
IBM MQ Operator
LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS)
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images
Operator for PostgreSQL
EntireX
openssl (Ubuntu package)
openssl (Debian package)
libopenssl3-debuginfo
libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit
libopenssl3-32bit
libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-debuginfo
libopenssl3-32bit-debuginfo
openssl-3
libopenssl-3-fips-provider-debuginfo
openssl-3-debuginfo
libopenssl3
libopenssl-3-devel
openssl-3-debugsource
libopenssl-3-fips-provider
openssl (Red Hat package)
openssl3
openssl

Install security update from vendor's website.

OpenSSL - addressed in versions 3.4.6, 3.5.7, 3.6.3, 4.0.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Data System - update to 8.10.26.07.SP3
IBM MQ Operator - addressed in versions 3.2.26 SC2, 4.0.1 SC2
LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS) - update to 7.10.013
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images - update to 10.0.0.0-r2
EntireX - update to 12.1 Fix2
openssl (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.25, 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.11, 3.5.3-1ubuntu3.4, 3.5.5-1ubuntu3.2
openssl (Debian package) - addressed in versions 3.0.20-1~deb12u2, 3.5.6-1~deb13u2
libopenssl3-debuginfo - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl3-32bit - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl3-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
openssl-3 - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl-3-fips-provider-debuginfo - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
openssl-3-debuginfo - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl3 - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl-3-devel - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
openssl-3-debugsource - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
libopenssl-3-fips-provider - update to 3.2.3-150700.5.36.1
openssl (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.5.5-4.el9_8, 3.5.5-4.el10_2
openssl3 - update to 3.5.5-5.el8
openssl - update to 3.5.7-1.fc44

• https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt

• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL
• Debian update for openssl
• Ubuntu update for openssl
• Fedora 44 update for openssl
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for openssl
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for openssl
• FreeBSd update for OpenSSL
• SUSE update for openssl-3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operator for PostgreSQL
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM EntireX
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager container images
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for openssl3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Meinberg LANTIME firmware
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System