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CVE-2025-69421
published 2026-01-27

CVE-2025-69421: 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…

PriorityP340high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.84%
53.9th percentile
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.

Affected

29 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianopenssl< openssl 3.0.18-1~deb12u2 (bookworm)openssl 3.0.18-1~deb12u2 (bookworm)
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.19-r03.0.19-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.3.6-r03.3.6-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.3.6-r03.3.6-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.5-r03.5.5-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.5-r03.5.5-r0
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1w-0+deb11u51.1.1w-0+deb11u5
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.18-1~deb12u23.0.18-1~deb12u2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.4-1~deb13u23.5.4-1~deb13u2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.5-13.5.5-1
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.213.0.2-0ubuntu1.21
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.13-0ubuntu3.73.0.13-0ubuntu3.7
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.5.3-1ubuntu33.5.3-1ubuntu3
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm121.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm12
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm141.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm14
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23+esm71.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.23+esm7
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24+esm21.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24+esm2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.fips.2.1~18.04.23.71.1.1-1ubuntu2.fips.2.1~18.04.23.7
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.fips.24.21.1.1f-1ubuntu2.fips.24.2
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.21+Fips13.0.2-0ubuntu1.21+Fips1
opensslopenssl>= 0 < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.fips.4.20.141.0.2g-1ubuntu4.fips.4.20.14
opensslopenssl>= 1.0.2 < 1.0.2zn1.0.2zn
opensslopenssl>= 1.1.1 < 1.1.1ze1.1.1ze
opensslopenssl1.1.1 – 1.1.1ze
opensslopenssl>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.193.0.19

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.1MEDIUM
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