CVE-2025-69419

Published Jan 27, 2026

Last updated 2 months ago

Overview

Description
Issue summary: Calling PKCS12_get_friendlyname() function on a maliciously crafted PKCS#12 file with a BMPString (UTF-16BE) friendly name containing non-ASCII BMP code point can trigger a one byte write before the allocated buffer. Impact summary: The out-of-bounds write can cause a memory corruption which can have various consequences including a Denial of Service. The OPENSSL_uni2utf8() function performs a two-pass conversion of a PKCS#12 BMPString (UTF-16BE) to UTF-8. In the second pass, when emitting UTF-8 bytes, the helper function bmp_to_utf8() incorrectly forwards the remaining UTF-16 source byte count as the destination buffer capacity to UTF8_putc(). For BMP code points above U+07FF, UTF-8 requires three bytes, but the forwarded capacity can be just two bytes. UTF8_putc() then returns -1, and this negative value is added to the output length without validation, causing the length to become negative. The subsequent trailing NUL byte is then written at a negative offset, causing write outside of heap allocated buffer. The vulnerability is reachable via the public PKCS12_get_friendlyname() API when parsing attacker-controlled PKCS#12 files. While PKCS12_parse() uses a different code path that avoids this issue, PKCS12_get_friendlyname() directly invokes the vulnerable function. Exploitation requires an attacker to provide a malicious PKCS#12 file to be parsed by the application and the attacker can just trigger a one zero byte write before the allocated buffer. 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 and 1.1.1 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 1.0.2 is not affected by this issue.
Source
openssl-security@openssl.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
openssl

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.4
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

openssl-security@openssl.org
CWE-787

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending
  1. HPE patches CVE-2025-69419 and CVE-2026-35554 in Telco Automated Assurance software v1.4 and earlier. Advisory co-issued with Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. No active exploitation reported; patching recommended. https://t.co/pGtbeGuIMK

    @MeridianEU

    22 Jul 2026

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  2. ๐Ÿ” Lambda Watchdog detected that CVE-2025-69419 is no longer present in latest AWS Lambda base image scans. https://t.co/YB2gVD6FQe #AWS #Lambda #Security #CVE #DevOps #SecOps

    @LambdaWatchdog

    15 Mar 2026

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  3. ๐Ÿ” Lambda Watchdog detected that CVE-2025-69419 is no longer present in latest AWS Lambda base image scans. https://t.co/YB2gVD6FQe #AWS #Lambda #Security #CVE #DevOps #SecOps

    @LambdaWatchdog

    14 Mar 2026

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  4. ๐Ÿšจ New HIGH CVE detected in AWS Lambda ๐Ÿšจ CVE-2025-69419 impacts openssl-fips-provider-latest in 40 Lambda base images. Details: https://t.co/YB2gVD6FQe More: https://t.co/6EUGaPyRZk #AWS #Lambda #CVE #CloudSecurity #Serverless

    @LambdaWatchdog

    19 Feb 2026

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  5. oss-sec: OpenSSL Security Advisory Moderate: CVE-2025-11187 High: CVE-2025-15467 Low: CVE-2025-15468, CVE-2025-15469, CVE-2025-66199, CVE-2025-68160, CVE-2025-69418, CVE-2025-69419, CVE-2025-69420, CVE-2025-69421, CVE-2026-22795, CVE-2026-22796 https://t.co/CaU8ZbmxPD

    @teenigma_

    27 Jan 2026

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  6. OpenSSL 3.6.1 Is Now Available with Important Security Patches and Bug Fixes This release addresses CVE-2025-11187, CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2025-15469, CVE-2025-66199, CVE-2025-68160, CVE-2025-69418, and CVE-2025-69419. https://t.co/B6IFeEISru

    @ytroncal

    27 Jan 2026

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Configurations

  1. Issue summary: A signed integer overflow when sizing the destination buffer for Unicode output in ASN1_mbstring_ncopy() can lead to a heap buffer overflow. Impact summary: A heap buffer overflow may lead to a crash or possibly attacker controlled code execution or other undefined behaviour. In ASN1_mbstring_copy() and ASN1_mbstring_ncopy() the destination size for Unicode output is computed in a signed int: by left shift of the input character count for BMPSTRING (UTF-16) and UNIVERSALSTRING (UTF-32), and by summing per-character byte counts for UTF8STRING. The calculation overflows when the input reaches around 2^30 characters. In the worst case (UNIVERSALSTRING at 2^30 characters) the size wraps to zero, OPENSSL_malloc(1) is called, and the subsequent character copy writes several gigabytes past the one-byte allocation. X.509 certificate processing routes through ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID(), whose DIRSTRING_TYPE mask excludes UNIVERSALSTRING and whose per-NID size limits cap the input length; no network protocol or certificate-handling path in OpenSSL exercises the overflow. Triggering the bug requires an application that calls ASN1_mbstring_copy() or ASN1_mbstring_ncopy() directly, or registers a custom string type via ASN1_STRING_TABLE_add(), with attacker-controlled input on the order of half a gigabyte or more. For these reasons this issue was assigned Low severity. 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.โ€ขCVE-2026-7383