Issue summary: Parsing CMS AuthEnvelopedData or EnvelopedData message with maliciously crafted AEAD parameters can trigger a stack buffer overflow. Impact summary: A stack buffer overflow may lead to a crash, causing Denial of Service, or potentially remote code execution. When parsing CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData structures that use AEAD ciphers such as AES-GCM, the IV (Initialization Vector) encoded in the ASN.1 parameters is copied into a fixed-size stack buffer without verifying that its length fits the destination. An attacker can supply a crafted CMS message with an oversized IV, causing a stack-based out-of-bounds write before any authentication or tag verification occurs. Applications and services that parse untrusted CMS or PKCS#7 content using AEAD ciphers (e.g., S/MIME (Auth)EnvelopedData with AES-GCM) are vulnerable. Because the overflow occurs prior to authentication, no valid key material is required to trigger it. While exploitability to remote code execution depends on platform and toolchain mitigations, the stack-based write primitive represents a severe risk. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.
Fix
Public exploits 5
- WostGit/cve-2025-15467-crash PoC on GitHub
- balgan/CVE-2025-15467 PoC on GitHub
- guiimoraes/CVE-2025-15467 PoC on GitHub
- materaj2/cve-2025-15467 PoC on GitHub
- mr-r3b00t/CVE-2025-15467 PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/2c8f0e5fa9b6ee5508a0349e4572ddb74db5a703 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5f26d4202f5b89664c5c3f3c62086276026ba9a9 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6ced0fe6b10faa560e410e3ee8d6c82f06c65ea3 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ce39170276daec87f55c39dad1f629b56344429e Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d0071a0799f20cc8101730145349ed4487c268dc Patch
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.8 · opensslNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 40
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/2c8f0e5fa9b6ee5508a0349e4572ddb74db5a703 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/5f26d4202f5b89664c5c3f3c62086276026ba9a9 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6ced0fe6b10faa560e410e3ee8d6c82f06c65ea3 Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ce39170276daec87f55c39dad1f629b56344429e Patch
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/d0071a0799f20cc8101730145349ed4487c268dc Patch
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/27/10 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/25/6 Mailing List
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1472
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1473
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1496
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1503
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1519
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1594
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1733
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1736
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2072
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2563
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2633
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2659
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2671
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2844
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2974
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2995
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3228
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3415
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3461
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4419
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4943
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7261
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15467
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430376
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-434797.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-734552.html
- https://github.com/guiimoraes/CVE-2025-15467 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-15467.json