The function X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() is documented to implicitly enable the certificate policy check when doing certificate verification. However the implementation of the function does not enable the check which allows certificates with invalid or incorrect policies to pass the certificate verification.
As suddenly enabling the policy check could break existing deployments it was decided to keep the existing behavior of the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() function.
Instead the applications that require OpenSSL to perform certificate policy check need to use X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies() or explicitly enable the policy check by calling X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags() with the X509_V_FLAG_POLICY_CHECK flag argument.
Certificate policy checks are disabled by default in OpenSSL and are not commonly used by applications.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perl | Jun 27, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl11Upgrade opensslUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-debuginfo | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perl | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfo | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 2, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Dell Poweredge Dsa2024082 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerEdge to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade python38Upgrade python311Upgrade python37Upgrade openssl31Upgrade opensslUpgrade python39Upgrade openssl30Upgrade python310Upgrade openssl-quic | Jun 8, 2023 | Jun 8, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/openssl. | Feb 5, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Http Openssl | — | Upgrade to the latest version of OpenSSL | Jun 5, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perl | May 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade sgx-aesm-serviceUpgrade libsgx-ae-leUpgrade libsgx-enclave-commonUpgrade libsgx-aesm-launch-pluginUpgrade libsgx-urtsUpgrade libsgx-launch | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl | Jul 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for openssl_advisory39 | Sep 12, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-devel | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rapid7 Insightagent | — | Upgrade Rapid7 Insight Agent to version 4.0.6.14 | Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-devel | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bit | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade opensslUpgrade ovmfUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade qemu-efiUpgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl1.1Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade openssl1.0Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl3Upgrade qemu-efi-riscv64 | May 1, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
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