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OpenSSL CVE-2026-42770

| EUVD-2026-35487 LOW
Missing Cryptographic Step (CWE-325)
3.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor

Severity by source

Vendor (CNA) PRIMARY
3.7 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVSS VectorVendor

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Jun 09, 2026 - 21:40 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Jun 09, 2026 - 21:40 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jun 09, 2026 - 21:22 NVD
3.7 (LOW)
CVE Published
Jun 09, 2026 - 11:43 nvd
LOW 3.7
CVE Published
Jun 09, 2026 - 11:43 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

Description PRE-NVD

Disclosed via GitHub release of openssl/openssl. NVD scoring and full description are pending.

AnalysisAI

FFC-DH peer validation in OpenSSL incorrectly accepts an attacker-supplied q (subgroup order) parameter instead of using the locally trusted value, undermining the cryptographic integrity of Diffie-Hellman key exchange. Affected branches span OpenSSL 3.0.x, 3.4.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, and 4.0.0, with patched releases issued across all five branches on 2026-06-09. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Attain MITM position or act as malicious DH peer
Delivery
Intercept FFC-DH key exchange handshake
Exploit
Inject attacker-controlled `q` subgroup order value
Execution
OpenSSL validates peer key using attacker-supplied `q`
Persist
Subgroup membership check bypassed
Impact
Extract limited session key material

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the target to be running an affected OpenSSL version (4.0.0, or 3.0.x/3.4.x/3.5.x/3.6.x below their respective patch thresholds) and to be performing FFC-DH key exchange on a code path that invokes OpenSSL's DH peer parameter validation. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 score of 3.7 (Low) with vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N accurately characterizes the constrained real-world risk. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An adversary performing an active man-in-the-middle attack on a TLS session negotiating a DHE cipher suite intercepts the ServerKeyExchange or equivalent FFC-DH parameter message and substitutes a crafted `q` value of their choosing. Because the target OpenSSL peer uses the attacker-supplied `q` instead of the trusted group order during validation, subgroup membership checks are defeated, potentially allowing the attacker to influence key material derivation and extract limited session information. …
Remediation Upgrade to the patched release corresponding to the installed OpenSSL branch: 4.0.1, 3.6.3, 3.5.7, 3.4.6, or 3.0.21, as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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