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OpenSSL CVE-2026-27459

HIGH
Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)
2026-03-16 https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl GHSA-5pwr-322w-8jr4
7.2
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl
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Vendor (https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl) PRIMARY
7.2 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
SUSE
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat
8.1 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl).

CVSS VectorVendor: https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 16, 2026 - 17:20 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 16, 2026 - 17:20 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Mar 16, 2026 - 16:22 nvd
HIGH 7.2

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 221 pypi packages depend on pyopenssl (81 direct, 142 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 22.0.0.

DescriptionCVE.org

If a user provided callback to set_cookie_generate_callback returned a cookie value greater than 256 bytes, pyOpenSSL would overflow an OpenSSL provided buffer.

Cookie values that are too long are now rejected.

AnalysisAI

Buffer overflow in pyOpenSSL's cookie generation callback allows attackers to corrupt memory and potentially achieve remote code execution by supplying oversized cookie values exceeding 256 bytes. The vulnerability affects applications using custom cookie callbacks with OpenSSL integration, where insufficient length validation permits writing beyond allocated buffer boundaries. A patch is available that implements proper cookie size validation.

Technical ContextAI

A buffer overflow occurs when data written to a buffer exceeds its allocated size, potentially overwriting adjacent memory and corrupting program state. This vulnerability is classified as Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120).

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available — apply it immediately. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checked functions. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, and stack canaries. Apply vendor patches promptly.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:latest Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/kvm-os-container:2.2.0-3.3 Affected
Image SL-Micro Image SL-Micro-Base-qcow Image SL-Micro-Default Image SL-Micro-Default-SelfInstall Image SL-Micro-Default-encrypted Image SL-Micro-Default-qcow Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-EC2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS Fixed

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