CVE-2025-69421

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-01-27. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function.

Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application processing PKCS#12 files.

The PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function does not check whether the oct parameter is NULL before dereferencing it. When called from PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata() with a malformed PKCS#12 file, this parameter can be NULL, causing a crash. The vulnerability is limited to Denial of Service and cannot be escalated to achieve code execution or memory disclosure.

Exploiting this issue requires an attacker to provide a malformed PKCS#12 file to an application that processes it. 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 PKCS#12 implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
53.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

January 27, 2026

Last Modified

May 12, 2026

References (7)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-69421(6)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(10)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenssl (1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm14) @ xenial2026-06-08ubuntu
ubuntuopenssl-provider-legacy (3.5.3-1ubuntu3) @ questing2026-06-08ubuntu
redhatopenssl-main-3.5.6-0.1.hum12026-04-09redhat
redhatrhui5/rhua-rhel9:17736701372026-03-18redhat
redhatcostmanagement/costmanagement-metrics-rhel9-operator:17708363492026-02-24redhat
redhatrhui5/installer-rhel9:17706469252026-02-11redhat
redhatinsights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:17707404052026-02-10redhat
redhatdiscovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:17691117742026-02-02redhat
redhatopenssl-1:3.5.1-7.el9_72026-01-28redhat
redhatopenssl-1:3.5.1-7.el10_12026-01-28redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(4)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-69421?
CVE-2025-69421 is a high vulnerability published on January 27, 2026. Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS12itemdecryptd2iex() function. Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application processing PKCS#12 files. The…
When was CVE-2025-69421 disclosed?
CVE-2025-69421 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 27, 2026, with the most recent update on May 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-69421 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-69421 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 53.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69421?
CVE-2025-69421 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-69421?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-69421, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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