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-perlUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl11Upgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl-static | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs | 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 python39Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade python310Upgrade openssl30Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl31Upgrade python37Upgrade python38Upgrade python311 | 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-ae-leUpgrade libsgx-enclave-commonUpgrade sgx-aesm-serviceUpgrade libsgx-urtsUpgrade libsgx-launchUpgrade libsgx-aesm-launch-plugin | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-devel | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade 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-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perl | 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 opensslUpgrade openssl-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsource | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bit | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ovmfUpgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade qemu-efiUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade libssl1.1Upgrade libssl3Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade openssl1.0Upgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro) | 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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