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Full vulnerability report · 2026
CVE-2026-54874High confidence

Excessive Memory Use Buffering DTLS Records for a Future Epoch

OpenSSL · OpenSSL

7.5HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
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Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archiveedk2Under evaluationCanonical reports that the package might be affected and still needs evaluation or fixing.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archiveopensslVendor fix publishedCanonical reports that a fixed source package version has been published. Repository candidate availability is not checked by BlackTree.3.0.13-0ubuntu3.15Canonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
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CVE-2026-54874 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securityopenssl: excessive memory use buffering DTLS records for a future epoch
91 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub
  • edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Summary
A flaw was found in OpenSSL. Receiving a DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) record for a future epoch while a handshake is in progress causes OpenSSL to buffer an excessive amount of memory. This allows a peer to cause memory exhaustion, eventually resulting in a denial of service, using a small amount of network traffic.
Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/
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Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2026-65481

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

Issue summary: Receiving a DTLS record for a future epoch while a handshake is in progress causes OpenSSL to buffer far more memory than the record itself requires. Impact summary: A peer can use a small amount of network traffic to make an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint retain a disproportionately large amount of memory, which may lead to a Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Description: While a DTLS handshake is in progress, a peer may legitimately have already moved on to the next epoch (for example, having sent its ChangeCipherSpec and Finished messages) before the local endpoint has processed the same transition, typically because of reordering on the underlying UDP transport. OpenSSL buffers such early records so that they can be processed once the local endpoint catches up. Buffering a record currently retains the entire read buffer it arrived in, which is sized to hold the largest possible DTLS record (around 16 kilobytes), rather than just the bytes that make up the record itself. Up to 100 such records may be buffered per connection. As a result, a peer that sends a stream of small forged records claiming to belong to the next epoch can cause an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint to retain around 1.7 megabytes of memory, despite sending only a small fraction of that amount of data over the network. An attacker therefore gains a memory amplification factor of around 1200, and can multiply the effect across as many associations as it is able to open, making this a remote memory exhaustion Denial of Service risk for DTLS servers. Since the memory retained per connection remains bounded, and any limit an application already places on the number of concurrent associations also bounds the total exposure, this issue has been assessed as Low severity. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 4.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 4.0.2. OpenSSL 3.6 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.6.4. OpenSSL 3.5 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5.8. OpenSSL 3.4 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.4.7. OpenSSL 3.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.0.22. Premium support customers only: OpenSSL 1.1.1 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1zi OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2zr This issue was reported on 18 May 2026 by Amazon Web Services. The fix has been developed by Matt Caswell. -- cut (non-publishing metadata for internal use) -- Reported by: Amazon Web Services Fixed by: Matt Caswell

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
7.5 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

Issue summary: Receiving a DTLS record for a future epoch while a handshake is in progress causes OpenSSL to buffer far more memory than the record itself requires. Impact summary: A peer can use a small amount of network traffic to make an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint retain a disproportionately large amount of memory, which may lead to a Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Description: While a DTLS handshake is in progress, a peer may legitimately have already moved on to the next epoch (for example, having sent its ChangeCipherSpec and Finished messages) before the local endpoint has processed the same transition, typically because of reordering on the underlying UDP transport. OpenSSL buffers such early records so that they can be processed once the local endpoint catches up. Buffering a record currently retains the entire read buffer it arrived in, which is sized to hold the largest possible DTLS record (around 16 kilobytes), rather than just the bytes that make up the record itself. Up to 100 such records may be buffered per connection. As a result, a peer that sends a stream of small forged records claiming to belong to the next epoch can cause an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint to retain around 1.7 megabytes of memory, despite sending only a small fraction of that amount of data over the network. An attacker therefore gains a memory amplification factor of around 1200, and can multiply the effect across as many associations as it is able to open, making this a remote memory exhaustion Denial of Service risk for DTLS servers. Since the memory retained per connection remains bounded, and any limit an application already places on the number of concurrent associations also bounds the total exposure, this issue has been assessed as Low severity. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 4.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 4.0.2. OpenSSL 3.6 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.6.4. OpenSSL 3.5 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5.8. OpenSSL 3.4 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.4.7. OpenSSL 3.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.0.22. Premium support customers only: OpenSSL 1.1.1 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1zi OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2zr This issue was reported on 18 May 2026 by Amazon Web Services. The fix has been developed by Matt Caswell. -- cut (non-publishing metadata for internal use) -- Reported by: Amazon Web Services Fixed by: Matt Caswell

What

Issue summary: Receiving a DTLS record for a future epoch while a handshake is in progress causes OpenSSL to buffer far more memory than the record itself requires. Impact summary: A peer can use a small amount of network traffic to make an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint retain a disproportionately large amount of memory, which may lead to a Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Description: While a DTLS handshake is in progress, a peer may legitimately have already moved on to the next epoch (for example, having sent its ChangeCipherSpec and Finished messages) before the local endpoint has processed the same transition, typically because of reordering on the underlying UDP transport. OpenSSL buffers such early records so that they can be processed once the local endpoint catches up. Buffering a record currently retains the entire read buffer it arrived in, which is sized to hold the largest possible DTLS record (around 16 kilobytes), rather than just the bytes that make up the record itself. Up to 100 such records may be buffered per connection. As a result, a peer that sends a stream of small forged records claiming to belong to the next epoch can cause an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint to retain around 1.7 megabytes of memory, despite sending only a small fraction of that amount of data over the network. An attacker therefore gains a memory amplification factor of around 1200, and can multiply the effect across as many associations as it is able to open, making this a remote memory exhaustion Denial of Service risk for DTLS servers. Since the memory retained per connection remains bounded, and any limit an application already places on the number of concurrent associations also bounds the total exposure, this issue has been assessed as Low severity. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 4.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 4.0.2. OpenSSL 3.6 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.6.4. OpenSSL 3.5 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5.8. OpenSSL 3.4 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.4.7. OpenSSL 3.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.0.22. Premium support customers only: OpenSSL 1.1.1 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1zi OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2zr This issue was reported on 18 May 2026 by Amazon Web Services. The fix has been developed by Matt Caswell. -- cut (non-publishing metadata for internal use) -- Reported by: Amazon Web Services Fixed by: Matt Caswell

Why

The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is asymmetric.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

Issue summary: Receiving a DTLS record for a future epoch while a handshake is in progress causes OpenSSL to buffer far more memory than the record itself requires. Impact summary: A peer can use a small amount of network traffic to make an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint retain a disproportionately large amount of memory, which may lead to a Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Description: While a DTLS handshake is in progress, a peer may legitimately have already moved on to the next epoch (for example, having sent its ChangeCipherSpec and Finished messages) before the local endpoint has processed the same transition, typically because of reordering on the underlying UDP transport. OpenSSL buffers such early records so that they can be processed once the local endpoint catches up. Buffering a record currently retains the entire read buffer it arrived in, which is sized to hold the largest possible DTLS record (around 16 kilobytes), rather than just the bytes that make up the record itself. Up to 100 such records may be buffered per connection. As a result, a peer that sends a stream of small forged records claiming to belong to the next epoch can cause an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint to retain around 1.7 megabytes of memory, despite sending only a small fraction of that amount of data over the network. An attacker therefore gains a memory amplification factor of around 1200, and can multiply the effect across as many associations as it is able to open, making this a remote memory exhaustion Denial of Service risk for DTLS servers. Since the memory retained per connection remains bounded, and any limit an application already places on the number of concurrent associations also bounds the total exposure, this issue has been assessed as Low severity. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 4.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 4.0.2. OpenSSL 3.6 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.6.4. OpenSSL 3.5 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5.8. OpenSSL 3.4 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.4.7. OpenSSL 3.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.0.22. Premium support customers only: OpenSSL 1.1.1 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1zi OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2zr This issue was reported on 18 May 2026 by Amazon Web Services. The fix has been developed by Matt Caswell. -- cut (non-publishing metadata for internal use) -- Reported by: Amazon Web Services Fixed by: Matt Caswell

Why

The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is asymmetric.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
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No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
a network path → Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-405

CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification). The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is asymmetric.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
NetworkUnauthenticatedDenial of serviceCWE-405
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-65481Official EUVD mapping

Issue summary: Receiving a DTLS record for a future epoch while a handshake is in progress causes OpenSSL to buffer far more memory than the record itself requires. Impact summary: A peer can use a small amount of network traffic to make an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint retain a disproportionately large amount of memory, which may lead to a Denial of Service. CWE: CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Description: While a DTLS handshake is in progress, a peer may legitimately have already moved on to the next epoch (for example, having sent its ChangeCipherSpec and Finished messages) before the local endpoint has processed the same transition, typically because of reordering on the underlying UDP transport. OpenSSL buffers such early records so that they can be processed once the local endpoint catches up. Buffering a record currently retains the entire read buffer it arrived in, which is sized to hold the largest possible DTLS record (around 16 kilobytes), rather than just the bytes that make up the record itself. Up to 100 such records may be buffered per connection. As a result, a peer that sends a stream of small forged records claiming to belong to the next epoch can cause an OpenSSL DTLS endpoint to retain around 1.7 megabytes of memory, despite sending only a small fraction of that amount of data over the network. An attacker therefore gains a memory amplification factor of around 1200, and can multiply the effect across as many associations as it is able to open, making this a remote memory exhaustion Denial of Service risk for DTLS servers. Since the memory retained per connection remains bounded, and any limit an application already places on the number of concurrent associations also bounds the total exposure, this issue has been assessed as Low severity. FIPS impact: no No FIPS modules are affected by this issue as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 4.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 4.0.2. OpenSSL 3.6 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.6.4. OpenSSL 3.5 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5.8. OpenSSL 3.4 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.4.7. OpenSSL 3.0 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 3.0.22. Premium support customers only: OpenSSL 1.1.1 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1zi OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2zr This issue was reported on 18 May 2026 by Amazon Web Services. The fix has been developed by Matt Caswell. -- cut (non-publishing metadata for internal use) -- Reported by: Amazon Web Services Fixed by: Matt Caswell

Official EUVD record
BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2026-3034FreeBSD Project FreeBSD OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in FreeBSD Project FreeBSD OS ausnutzen, um Berechtigungen zu erweitern und möglicherweise Root-Rechte zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände herbeizuführen.

Official advisory
BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2026-3005OpenSSL: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in OpenSSL ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1079Multiples vulnérabilités dans OpenSSL

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans OpenSSL. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer un déni de service à distance et un contournement de la politique de sécurité.

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub; edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-aa64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-aarch64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-x64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-x64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; AAVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; OVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; and 61 more
Fixed
openssl-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
Action
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 25 Aug 2026 · Last source change 25 Aug 2026, 14:28 UTC · CWE-405 · Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCISA ADP
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-26
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-65481
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD awaiting enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

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  1. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub; edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-aa64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-aarch64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-x64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-x64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; AAVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; OVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; and 60 more · Fixed: openssl-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
    After
    rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub; edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-aa64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-aarch64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-x64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-x64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; AAVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; OVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; and 61 more · Fixed: openssl-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
    Red Hat Product Security
  2. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub; edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-aa64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-aarch64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-x64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-x64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; AAVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; OVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; and 51 more · Fixed: openssl-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
    After
    rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub; edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-aa64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-aarch64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-x64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-x64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; AAVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; OVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; and 60 more · Fixed: openssl-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
    Red Hat Product Security
  3. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed from authoritative remediation link to authoritative remediation link.
    Before
    authoritative remediation link
    After
    authoritative remediation link
    Red Hat Product Security
  4. Remediation statusRemediation status changed from Mitigation available to Patch available.
    Before
    Mitigation available
    After
    Patch available
    Red Hat Product Security
  5. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub; edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-aa64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-aarch64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-x64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-x64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; AAVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; OVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; and 52 more
    After
    rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat Developer Hub; edk2-aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-ovmf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2-tools-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; edk2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-aa64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-aarch64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-unsigned-x64.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; shim-x64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; AAVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; OVMF as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; mokutil as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-perl as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl-static as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openssl.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; and 51 more · Fixed: openssl-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openssl3-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
    Red Hat Product Security
  6. ENISA EUVD mappingEUVD-2026-65481 was added to the official ENISA EUVD mapping for this CVE.
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    {"euvdId":"EUVD-2026-65481"}
    ENISA EUVD
  7. SeveritySeverity changed from Unknown to High.
    Before
    Unknown
    After
    High
    CISA ADP
  8. CVSS scoreCVSS score changed from not recorded to 7.5 (CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    7.5 (CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
    CISA ADP
  9. Catalogue recordCVE added to the BlackTree catalogue.
    CNA
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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