CVE-2025-11187 (GCVE-0-2025-11187)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-27 15:59 – Updated: 2026-03-20 14:07
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Title
Improper validation of PBMAC1 parameters in PKCS#12 MAC verification
Summary
Issue summary: PBMAC1 parameters in PKCS#12 files are missing validation which can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, invalid pointer or NULL pointer dereference during MAC verification. Impact summary: The stack buffer overflow or NULL pointer dereference may cause a crash leading to Denial of Service for an application that parses untrusted PKCS#12 files. The buffer overflow may also potentially enable code execution depending on platform mitigations. When verifying a PKCS#12 file that uses PBMAC1 for the MAC, the PBKDF2 salt and keylength parameters from the file are used without validation. If the value of keylength exceeds the size of the fixed stack buffer used for the derived key (64 bytes), the key derivation will overflow the buffer. The overflow length is attacker-controlled. Also, if the salt parameter is not an OCTET STRING type this can lead to invalid or NULL pointer dereference. Exploiting this issue requires a user or application to process a maliciously crafted PKCS#12 file. It is uncommon to accept untrusted PKCS#12 files in applications as they are usually used to store private keys which are trusted by definition. For this reason the issue was assessed as Moderate severity. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5 and 3.4 are not affected by this issue, as PKCS#12 processing is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5 and 3.4 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue as they do not support PBMAC1 in PKCS#12.
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Vendor Product Version
OpenSSL OpenSSL Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.1 (semver)
Affected: 3.5.0 , < 3.5.5 (semver)
Affected: 3.4.0 , < 3.4.4 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2026-01-27 14:00
Credits
Stanislav Fort (Aisle Research) Petr Šimeček (Aisle Research) Hamza (Metadust) Tomáš Mráz
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For this reason the issue was assessed\u003cbr\u003eas Moderate severity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5 and 3.4 are not affected by this issue, as\u003cbr\u003ePKCS#12 processing is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpenSSL 3.6, 3.5 and 3.4 are vulnerable to this issue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpenSSL 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue as they do\u003cbr\u003enot support PBMAC1 in PKCS#12.\", \"base64\": false}]}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-787\", \"description\": \"CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write\"}, {\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-476\", \"description\": \"CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"3a12439a-ef3a-4c79-92e6-6081a721f1e5\", \"shortName\": \"openssl\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-01-27T15:59:41.681Z\"}}}",
      "cveMetadata": "{\"cveId\": \"CVE-2025-11187\", \"state\": \"PUBLISHED\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-03-20T14:07:14.610Z\", \"dateReserved\": \"2025-09-30T09:29:44.018Z\", \"assignerOrgId\": \"3a12439a-ef3a-4c79-92e6-6081a721f1e5\", \"datePublished\": \"2026-01-27T15:59:41.681Z\", \"assignerShortName\": \"openssl\"}",
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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