CVE-2026-42766
CVE Details
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Initial Publication
06/09/2026
Last Update
06/10/2026
Third Party Dependency
libssl3
NIST CVE Summary
Issue summary: A specially crafted password-encrypted CMS message can trigger a NULL pointer dereference during CMS decryption.
Impact summary: This NULL pointer dereference leads to an application crash and a Denial of Service.
The CMS PasswordRecipientInfo.keyDerivationAlgorithm field is defined as OPTIONAL in the ASN.1 specification and may therefore be absent in specially crafted inputs. During the password-based CMS decryption the OpenSSL CMS implementation dereferences this field without first checking whether it was present.
An attacker who supplies such a CMS message to an application performing password-based CMS decryption can trigger an application crash, leading to a Denial of Service.
Applications that process password-encrypted CMS messages may be affected.
The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.
CVE Severity
Our Official Summary
Investigation is ongoing to determine how this vulnerability affects our products.
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Affected Products & Versions
| Version | PaletteAI | PaletteAI VerteX |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.4 | ⚠️ Impacted | ⚠️ Impacted |
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