CVE-2026-42771
Essential information
- Published
- 09/06/2026 17:17
- Modified
- 10/06/2026 08:16
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 6.2 MEDIUM (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H—
CVSS metrics
- Access vector
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- Access complexity
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploitability
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- Remediation level
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
- LOCAL
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- NONE
- Integrity impact
- NONE
- Availability impact
- HIGH
- Exploit code maturity
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- Remediation level
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- Attack vector
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- Attack complexity
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- Attack requirements
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Confidentiality (V)
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- Confidentiality (S)
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- Integrity (V)
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- Integrity (S)
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- Availability (V)
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- Availability (S)
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- Exploit maturity
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Description
Issue summary: When the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email is called by an
application to validate a crafted e-mail address, such as during S/MIME
message validation, an out of bounds read can happen.
Impact summary: This out of bounds read will not directly exfiltrate
the data read to the attacker so the most likely result is a crash and
a Denial of Service.
An internal helper function called from X509_VERIFY_PARAM_[set|add]_email()
used a wrong length when validating the local part of an email address.
This could cause the 64 octet limit on the local part of an email address
to be not enforced, or cause an out of bound read and potentially a crash.
The bug is reachable via S-MIME validation with a crafted From: address
supplied in an email message that can potentially cause a crash.
No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside
the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
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
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| openssl / openssl | cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |