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● CVE — Critical

CVE-2026-75803

VendoropensslProductopensslDiscoveredAug 25, 2026UpdatedSep 11, 2026

Issue summary: ChaCha20-Poly1305 and AES-OCB decryption with an empty ciphertext can report success without verifying the supplied authentication tag when the operation is finalized by calling the EVP_Cipher() function. Impact summary: Applications calling EVP_Cipher() on an empty ciphertext and expecting the call to check the AEAD tag may accept forged messages. CWE: CWE-354 (Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value) Description: The EVP_Cipher() API call for AEAD ciphers behaves like a one shot encryption and decryption call. It also verifies the AEAD tag after the decryption operation. However for AES-OCB and ChaCha20-Poly1305 ciphers it skipped the AEAD tag verification when an empty ciphertext was passed to the function. The callers of this function might believe that a…

CVSS v3.1
9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS
0.25%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
3
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 27, 2026 → Oct 26, 2026
▲ 0.14pp
0.12% → 0.25% over 6 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Connections
5 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Aug 25, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Sep 11, 2026
Aug 25, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8678-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities
Aug 31, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8678-3: OpenSSL vulnerability
Oct 5, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8865-1: EDK II vulnerabilities