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-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade 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 openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade edk2-ovmfUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade 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 openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-devel | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-perl | 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 openssl30Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade python310Upgrade python39Upgrade python37Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl31Upgrade 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 opensslUpgrade openssl-perl | May 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade sgx-aesm-serviceUpgrade libsgx-enclave-commonUpgrade libsgx-ae-leUpgrade libsgx-aesm-launch-pluginUpgrade libsgx-urtsUpgrade libsgx-launch | 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-libsUpgrade openssl-perl | 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-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade opensslNo solution exists | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-fips-provider | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade openssl1Upgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade openssl-3Upgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_1-32bit | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-efiUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl1.1Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade ovmfUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade qemu-efi-riscv64Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade openssl1.0Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade libssl3 | 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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