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 openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl11-libs | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debugsource | 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 python37Upgrade openssl31Upgrade python38Upgrade python311Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl30Upgrade python39Upgrade 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 openssl-perlUpgrade openssl | May 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade libsgx-enclave-commonUpgrade sgx-aesm-serviceUpgrade libsgx-ae-leUpgrade libsgx-aesm-launch-pluginUpgrade libsgx-launchUpgrade libsgx-urts | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs | 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 opensslNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-devel | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfo | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade libopenssl10Upgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0 | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade opensslUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade ovmfUpgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efiUpgrade libssl1.1Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade libssl3Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade openssl1.0 | 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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