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CVE-2026-63073— Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation

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Affected
OpenSSL OpenSSL
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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问题摘要： OpenSSL 的 CMP 响应验证机制存在问题，它将意外的响应发送者可分辨名称（Distinguished Name, DN）直接作为格式字符串传递给了 函数。 影响摘要： 恶意或中间人拦截的 CMP 端点可以导致强制执行预期发送者身份或使用固定服务器证书（其主题成为默认的预期发送者）的 CMP 客户端崩溃。 CWE： CWE-134（使用外部控制的格式字符串） 描述： 在验证接收到的 CMP 消息时， 函数使用 将对等方提供的发送者可分辨名称进行转换，并直接将其作为格式参数传递给 。由于百分号（ ）

AI Predicted 6.5 Difficulty: Easy

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application

Affected Version Matrix 4

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
OpenSSL OpenSSL 4.0.0< 4.0.2 affected
3.6.0< 3.6.4 affected
3.5.0< 3.5.8 affected
3.4.0< 3.4.7 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-63073

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Issue summary: OpenSSL CMP response validation passed an unexpected response sender distinguished name directly as the format string to `ERR_raise_data()`. Impact summary: A malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint can crash a CMP client that enforces an expected sender or uses a pinned server certificate whose subject becomes the default expected sender. CWE: CWE-134 (Use of Externally-Controlled Format String) Description: When validating a received CMP message, ossl_cmp_msg_check_update() converts the peer-supplied sender distinguished name with X509_NAME_oneline() and passes it directly as the format argument to ERR_raise_data(). Percent characters survive the conversion, so a sender DN such as "CN=%s%n" reaches BIO_vsnprintf() as an attacker-controlled format string with no matching variadic arguments. This path is only reached when the caller configures an expected sender or pins a server certificate, which is the normal configuration for a CMP client validating server responses. Since the attacker controls the format string but none of the variadic arguments, such specifiers as %s and %n dereference or write through unrelated stack contents and crash the client. The reliable consequence is a denial of service, when the response comes from a malicious or intercepted CMP endpoint. There is no controlled memory write, arbitrary-address read, or reliable path to remote code execution. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue, as the CMP protocol implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
使用外部控制的格式字符串
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
OpenSSL OpenSSL 4.0.0 ~ 4.0.2 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-63073 (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-63073 (1)

Same Patch Batch · OpenSSL · 2026-08-25 · 9 CVEs total

CVE-2026-75803 AEAD Forgeries with Empty Ciphertext When Using EVP_Cipher()
CVE-2026-18798 QUIC Server May Trigger Double Free When Processing INITIAL Packet
CVE-2026-54874 Excessive Memory Use Buffering DTLS Records for a Future Epoch
CVE-2026-63074 CMP Indefinite Cache Growth of ExtraCerts
CVE-2026-63072 Heap Buffer Overflow in CMS Key Unwrapping
CVE-2026-63075 QUIC ACK-only Packet Retention Can Cause Memory Exhaustion
CVE-2026-63076 Invalid Pointer Dereference in CMP Server via Crafted protectionAlg
CVE-2026-14457 RPK Server Signature Algorithm Selection Can Dereference a Missing Certificate

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: OpenSSL
Same vendor: OpenSSL
Same weakness: CWE-134

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