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
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 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)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
57%
KEV
Not listed

Published

January 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

SSA-265688

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
generic
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt
github_commit

commit a2dbc539f0f9 (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit a2dbc539f0f9 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a2dbc539f0f9cc63832709fa5aa33ad9495eb19c
github_commit

commit 643986985cd1 (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 643986985cd1 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/643986985cd1c21221f941129d76fe0c2785aeb3
github_commit

commit 4bbc8d41a72c (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 4bbc8d41a72c — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/4bbc8d41a72c842ce4077a8a3eccd1109aaf74bd
github_commit

commit 36ecb4960872 (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 36ecb4960872 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/36ecb4960872a4ce04bf6f1e1f4e78d75ec0c0c7
github_commit

commit 3524a29271f8 (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 3524a29271f8 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/3524a29271f8191b8fd8a5257eb05173982a097b

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-69421(8)

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.

Affected Packages

(10 across 10 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl—3.0.19-r0—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl—3.3.6-r0—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl—3.3.6-r0—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl—3.5.5-r0—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl—3.5.5-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl—3.5.5-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl1.1.1k-1 ... 1.1.1w-0~deb11u1 (20 versions)1.1.1w-0+deb11u5—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl3.0.10-1 ... 3.0.9-1 (18 versions)3.0.18-1~deb12u2—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl3.5.1-1, 3.5.1-1+deb13u1, 3.5.2-1, 3.5.3-1, 3.5.4-1~deb13u13.5.4-1~deb13u2—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl3.5.1-1 ... 3.5.5-1~deb13u2 (8 versions)3.5.5-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

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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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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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 June 17, 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 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 43.5% of all scored CVEs.
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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