Bug 2430387 (CVE-2025-69421) - CVE-2025-69421 openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via malformed PKCS#12 file processing
Summary: CVE-2025-69421 openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via malformed PKCS#12 file...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-69421
Deadline: 2026-01-27
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-01-16 14:42 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-01-27 14:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-16 14:42:32 UTC
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.

OpenSSL 3.6 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.6.1.

OpenSSL 3.5 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5.5.

OpenSSL 3.4 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.4.4.

OpenSSL 3.3 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.3.6.

OpenSSL 3.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.0.19.

OpenSSL 1.1.1 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1ze
(premium support customers only).

OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2zn
(premium support customers only).


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