CVE-2026-63072

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — Patch released this week
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: OpenSSL CMS decryption sizes the key-unwrap output buffer based on querying the unwrapped key size, but the AES-WRAP-PAD unwrap primitive can write and cleanse more bytes than that query reports, causing an 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write.

Impact summary: An attacker who supplies a crafted CMS message can trigger a deterministic 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write when the victim decrypts it with CMS_decrypt(), corrupting the heap and typically resulting in a Denial of Service.

CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Description: The key-wrap OID is potentially attacker-controlled on the wire. CMS unwrapping allows both id-aesNNN-wrap-pad and id-aesNNN-wrap ciphers. An attacker can take a legitimate message and change a single OID byte to select the padded variant while leaving the message otherwise valid. Since the unwrap key is derived from the recipient's private operation (ECDH key agreement or ML-KEM decapsulation), the RFC 5649 integrity check cannot pass, and the decryption fails with integrity failure.

The write is a fixed-size (8-byte), fixed-value (zero) heap overflow immediately past the allocation, requires no special configuration, and is reachable from the public CMS_decrypt() function. The consequence is a heap corruption leading to a Denial of Service. The fix in the CMS code sizes the unwrap output buffer for the worst case so a failed unwrap cannot write past the allocation.

FIPS impact: no

As the CMS code lives outside the FIPS module boundary, no FIPS modules are affected by this CVE.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
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
47%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
github_commit

commit a0c8ec557d9c (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit a0c8ec557d9c — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a0c8ec557d9cac078f032d76cdf684fe743eb382
github_commit

commit 9ec2f6d2ae2b (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 9ec2f6d2ae2b — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9ec2f6d2ae2bcad907cf7ee38584855bafe4979a
github_commit

commit 87784ad619af (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 87784ad619af — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/87784ad619af36b8807c2044b3940006fccc1e42
github_commit

commit 2a3dac874c80 (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 2a3dac874c80 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/2a3dac874c8057c1f0186849bf1ede1ae7b6b756
github_commit

commit 9530a5fd1aac (openssl/openssl)

Fix landed in openssl/openssl commit 9530a5fd1aac — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/9530a5fd1aacaeccdced4478ea2340a480613335

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-63072(1)

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

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenssl (1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm18) @ xenial2026-08-27ubuntu
ubuntuopenssl (3.0.2-0ubuntu1.29) @ jammy2026-08-27ubuntu
redhatopenssl3-main-3.5.8-0.1.hum12026-08-25redhat
redhatopenssl-main-3.5.8-0.1.hum12026-08-25redhat

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.

All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)

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.

  1. 2026-08-27 02:01 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-27 02:01 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-27 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-26 14:28 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-26 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-26 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-26 02:55 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-26 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-25 14:35 UTCEG score recompute 7.50
  11. 2026-08-25 14:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  12. 2026-08-25 13:21 UTCNVD update
  13. 2026-08-25 13:16 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-25 13:15 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-63072?
CVE-2026-63072 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. Issue summary: OpenSSL CMS decryption sizes the key-unwrap output buffer based on querying the unwrapped key size, but the AES-WRAP-PAD unwrap primitive can write and cleanse more bytes than that query reports, causing an 8-byte out-of-bounds heap write. Impact summary: An attacker who supplies a…
When was CVE-2026-63072 disclosed?
CVE-2026-63072 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-63072 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-63072 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 53.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-63072?
CVE-2026-63072 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-63072?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-63072, 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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