Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-63072
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL -- Multiple vulnerabilities | 25 Aug 202600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2026-63072 | 25 Aug 202612:59 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2026-63072 | 25 Aug 202616:27 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2026-63072 | 25 Aug 202612:59 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-63072 Heap Buffer Overflow in CMS Key Unwrapping | 25 Aug 202612:59 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 6465-1] openssl security update | 25 Aug 202618:58 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2026-63072 | 25 Aug 202612:59 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian dsa-6465 : libcrypto3-udeb - security update | 25 Aug 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : OpenSSL -- Multiple vulnerabilities (9008d14d-a0af-11f1-8144-8447094a420f) | 26 Aug 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| OpenSSL 1.1.1 < 1.1.1zi Multiple Vulnerabilities | 25 Aug 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| access | www.access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-63072 |
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-63072 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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- Issue summary: OpenSSL CMS decryption sizes the key-unwrap output buffer based on querying the unwrapped
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