Bug 2430378 (CVE-2025-15469)

Summary: CVE-2025-15469 openssl: OpenSSL: Data integrity bypass in `openssl dgst` command due to silent truncation
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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A flaw was found in openssl. When a user signs or verifies files larger than 16MB using the `openssl dgst` command with one-shot algorithms, the tool silently truncates the input to 16MB. This creates an integrity gap, allowing trailing data beyond the initial 16MB to be modified without detection because it remains unauthenticated. This vulnerability primarily impacts workflows that both sign and verify files using the affected `openssl dgst` command.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-16 14:30:09 UTC
A user signing or verifying files larger than 16MB with
one-shot algorithms (such as Ed25519, Ed448, or ML-DSA) may believe the entire
file is authenticated while trailing data beyond 16MB remains unauthenticated.

When the "openssl dgst" command is used with algorithms that only support
one-shot signing (Ed25519, Ed448, ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, ML-DSA-87), the input
is buffered with a 16MB limit. If the input exceeds this limit, the tool
silently truncates to the first 16MB and continues without signaling an error,
contrary to what the documentation states. This creates an integrity gap where
trailing bytes can be modified without detection if both signing and
verification are performed using the same affected codepath.

The issue affects only the command-line tool behavior. Verifiers that process
the full message using library APIs will reject the signature, so the risk
primarily affects workflows that both sign and verify with the affected
"openssl dgst" command. Streaming digest algorithms for "openssl dgst" and
library users are unaffected.

The FIPS modules in 3.5 and 3.6 are not affected by this issue, as the
command-line tools are outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

OpenSSL 3.5 and 3.6 are vulnerable to this issue.

OpenSSL 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.

OpenSSL 3.6 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.6.1.

OpenSSL 3.5 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5.5.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-28 08:57:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:1472 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1472

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-28 09:54:07 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:1473 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1473