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CVE-2026-42327: rust-openssl has undefined behavior in X509Ref::ocsp_responders for certificates with non-UTF-8 OCSP URLs

May 5, 2026

X509Ref::ocsp_responders returns OCSP responder URLs from a certificate’s AIA extension as OpensslString, whose Deref<Target = str> wraps the raw bytes with str::from_utf8_unchecked. OpenSSL does not enforce that the underlying IA5String is ASCII, so a certificate with non-UTF-8 bytes in its OCSP accessLocation causes safe Rust code to construct a &str that violates the UTF-8 invariant — resulting in undefined behavior.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp3w-r5p5-63rr
  • github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl
  • github.com/rust-openssl/rust-openssl/security/advisories/GHSA-xp3w-r5p5-63rr
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42327

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.9.7 before 0.10.79

Fixed versions

  • 0.10.79

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.79 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

cargo/openssl/CVE-2026-42327.yml

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