📄 OpenSSL 3.x ASN.1 AES‑GCM Nonce Stack Corruption

This Metasploit auxiliary module generates a specially crafted CMS file encoded in DER format to test a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in OpenSSL's ASN.1 parser related to improper handling of oversized AES-GCM nonce IV values within AES-GCM-Parameters as defined in RFC 5084. The...

CVE-2026-21444 libtpms returns wrong initialization vector when certain symmetric ciphers are used

libtpms, a library that provides software emulation of a Trusted Platform Module, has a flaw in versions 0.10.0 and 0.10.1. The commonly used integration of libtpms with OpenSSL 3.x contained a vulnerability related to the returned IV initialization vector when certain symmetric ciphers were used...

PT-2026-1122

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libtpms versions 0.10.0 through 0.10.1 Description libtpms, a library providing software emulation of a Trusted Platform Module, contains a flaw impacting data confidentiality. When integrated with OpenSSL 3.x, the library incorrectly returns...

PT-2024-29681

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenSSL versions 1.x through 1.1.1 OpenSSL versions 3.x through 3.0.5 OpenSSL versions prior to 17.0.5 Description Validating the order of the public keys in the Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Protocol, when an approved safe prime is used, allow...

CVE-2022-3996

If an X.509 certificate contains a malformed policy constraint and policy processing is enabled, then a write lock will be taken twice recursively. On some operating systems most widely: Windows this results in a denial of service when the affected process hangs. Policy processing being enabled o...

November 2022 Patch Tuesday | Microsoft Releases 65 New Vulnerabilities with 10 Critical; Adobe Releases Zero Advisories (for the first time in six years).

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary Microsoft has fixed 65 new vulnerabilities aka flaws in the November 2022 update, including ten 10 vulnerabilities classified as Critical as they allow Denial of Service DoS, Elevation of Privilege EoP, and Remote Code Execution RCE. This months Patch Tuesday...

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: Patch OpenSSL 3.x

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