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 edk2-ovmfUpgrade edk2-tools-pythonUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl11-staticUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade openssl-snapsafeUpgrade openssl11-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-staticUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-debuginfoUpgrade openssl11-libsUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-perlUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-develUpgrade openssl-snapsafe-staticUpgrade openssl11Upgrade openssl-snapsafe-libsUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl11-develUpgrade edk2-debuginfo | May 17, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade openssl | Jun 9, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl | Feb 17, 2025 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-devel | 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 openssl31Upgrade python37Upgrade python38Upgrade python311Upgrade opensslUpgrade openssl30Upgrade python310Upgrade openssl-quicUpgrade python39 | 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 opensslUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-perl | 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-urtsUpgrade libsgx-launch | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs | 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 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 | — | No solution existsUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-perlUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs | Jun 22, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade openssl-perlUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-libsUpgrade openssl-fips-provider-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-libs-debuginfoUpgrade openssl-fips-providerUpgrade openssl-debugsourceUpgrade openssl-develUpgrade opensslUpgrade openssl-debuginfo | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libopenssl1_1Upgrade libopenssl1_1-32bitUpgrade libopenssl10Upgrade libopenssl-1_1-develUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-docUpgrade libopenssl3-32bitUpgrade openssl-3Upgrade openssl1-docUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1-develUpgrade openssl1Upgrade openssl-1_1Upgrade libopenssl-3-devel-32bitUpgrade libopenssl-develUpgrade openssl-3-docUpgrade libopenssl1_1-hmacUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bitUpgrade libopenssl3Upgrade libopenssl-3-develUpgrade libopenssl-1_0_0-develUpgrade openssl-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-steamUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmacUpgrade openssl-1_1-docUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bitUpgrade openssl-1_0_0-cavsUpgrade openssl-1_0_0Upgrade libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bitUpgrade libopenssl1_0_0Upgrade opensslUpgrade libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade openssl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-aarch64Upgrade opensslUpgrade qemu-efiUpgrade ovmf-ia32Upgrade ovmfUpgrade qemu-efi-armUpgrade libssl1.1Upgrade libssl1.0.0Upgrade libssl3Upgrade libssl-docUpgrade libssl-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libssl1.0.0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade qemu-efi-loongarch64Upgrade 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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