CVE-2026-28388
Issue summary: When a delta CRL that contains a Delta CRL Indicator extension is processed a NULL pointer dereference might happen if the required CRL Number extension is missing.
Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to a Denial of Service for an application.
When CRL processing and delta CRL processing is enabled during X.509 certificate verification, the delta CRL processing does not check whether the CRL Number extension is NULL before dereferencing it. When a malformed delta CRL file is being processed, this parameter can be NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference.
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Exploiting this issue requires the X509_V_FLAG_USE_DELTAS flag to be enabled in the verification context, the certificate being verified to contain a freshestCRL extension or the base CRL to have the EXFLAG_FRESHEST flag set, and an attacker to provide a malformed CRL to an application that processes it.
The vulnerability is limited to Denial of Service and cannot be escalated to achieve code execution or memory disclosure. For that reason the issue was assessed as Low severity according to our Security Policy.
The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.50%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 84
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access75 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact85 %
Acceso red sin autenticación (AV:N, PR:N). Impacto: DoS por crash al procesar delta CRL malformado que causa NULL pointer dereference (CWE-476).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/59c3b3158553ab53275bbbccca5cb305d591cf2e
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5a0b4930779cd2408880979db765db919da55139
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/602542f2c0c2d5edb47128f93eac10b62aeeefb3
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a9d187dd1000130100fa7ab915f8513532cb3bb8
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d3a901e8d9f021f3e67d6cfbc12e768129862726
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260407.txt
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
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