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CVE-2026-42770

· Published 09/06/2026 17:17 · Modified 10/06/2026 08:16

Labels: CVE-2026-42770 2026-06-09CVE-2026-42770CWE-325[email protected]

Essential information

Published
09/06/2026 17:17
Modified
10/06/2026 08:16
Author
Creator
CVSS
3.7 LOW (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS metrics

Description

Issue summary: When EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer() is called with a DHX (X9.42) peer key, the peer key is not properly checked for the subgroup membership. Impact summary: A malicious peer which presents an X9.42 key carrying the victim's p and g parameters, a forged q = r (a small prime factor of the cofactor (p−1)/q_local), and a public value Y of order r can recover the victim's private key after a small number of key exchange attempts. When EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer() is called with a DHX (X9.42) peer key, the subgroup membership check Y^q ≡ 1 (mod p) is performed using the peer's own q parameter, not the local key's q. The peer's domain parameters are then matched against the domain parameters of the private key, but the value of q is not compared. A malicious peer who presents an X9.42 key carrying the victim's p, g, a forged q = r (a small prime factor of the cofactor), and a public value Y of order r passes all checks. The shared secret then takes only r distinct values, leaking priv mod r. Repeating for each small-prime factor of the cofactor and combining via CRT recovers the full private key (Lim–Lee / small-subgroup-confinement attack). The realistic attack surface is narrow: principally CMP deployments with long-lived RA/CA DHX keys and bespoke enterprise or government applications using X9.42 DHX static keys with interactive protocols and therefore this issue was assigned Low severity. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are affected by this issue.

NVD status

Status
Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
openssl / openssl cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl / openssl cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl / openssl cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl / openssl cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl / openssl cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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