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 openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl11Upgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl11-static | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsource | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade 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 python38Upgrade python37Upgrade python311Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl31Upgrade python39Upgrade openssl30Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade python310 | 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-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libs | 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 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 openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslNo solution existsUpgrade openssl-debugsource | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfo | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl1Upgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bit | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade libssl3Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade openssl1.0Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ovmfUpgrade qemu-efiUpgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade opensslUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade libssl1.1 | 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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