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-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs | Jun 27, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl11Upgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perl | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade 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 python39Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade python310Upgrade openssl30Upgrade python311Upgrade python37Upgrade python38Upgrade openssl31Upgrade openssl | 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 libsgx-ae-leUpgrade sgx-aesm-serviceUpgrade libsgx-enclave-commonUpgrade libsgx-launchUpgrade libsgx-aesm-launch-pluginUpgrade libsgx-urts | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs | 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-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade 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 opensslUpgrade openssl-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-devel | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfo | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl10Upgrade openssl1Upgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade openssl-1_0_0 | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libssl1.1Upgrade opensslUpgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade qemu-efiUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade ovmfUpgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade libssl3Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade openssl1.0Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade 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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