> CVE-2026-45446

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PUBLISHED
2026-06-09 17:17
MODIFIED
2026-06-09 17:17
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.24%
Top 86.2%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-06-09 RED HAT 🔗 2026-06-14 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25 MSRC 🔗 2026-11-02

> DESCRIPTION

Issue summary: The implementations of AES-SIV (RFC 5297) and AES-GCM-SIV (RFC 8452) mishandle the authentication of AAD (Additional Authenticated Data) with an empty ciphertext allowing a forgery of such messages. Impact summary: An attacker can forge empty messages with arbitrary AAD to the victim's application using these ciphers. AES-SIV (RFC 5297) and AES-GCM-SIV (RFC 8452) are nonce-misuse-resistant AEAD modes: they accept a key, nonce, optional AAD (bytes that are authenticated but not encrypted), and plaintext, and produces ciphertext plus a 16-byte tag. On decrypt, `EVP_DecryptFinal_ex()` is documented to return success only if the tag is verified succesfully. In OpenSSL's provider implementation of these ciphers, the expected tag is computed only when decryption function is invoked with non-empty data. If the caller supplies AAD and then calls `EVP_DecryptFinal_ex()` without invocation of the ciphertext update, which can happen when the received ciphertext length is zero, the tag is never recalculated and still holds its all-zeros value. When AES-GCM-SIV is used, an attacker who sends arbitrary AAD, empty ciphertext, and all-zeros tag passes authentication under any key they do not know, single-shot. When AES-SIV is used, for mounting the attack it's necessary for the application to reuse the decryption context without resetting the key. AES-SIV is implemented since OpenSSL 3.0. AES-GCM-SIV is implemented since OpenSSL 3.2. No protocols implemented in OpenSSL itself (TLS/CMS/PKCS7/HPKE/QUIC) support either AES-GCM-SIV or AES-SIV. To mount an attack, the applications must implement their own protocol and use the EVP interface. Also they must skip the ciphertext update when a message with an empty ciphertext arrives. The FIPS modules in 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as these algorithms are not FIPS approved and the affected code is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Version: 3.5.5
Red Hat - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Version: 3.5.5

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-325

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-325: Missing Cryptographic Step - The product does not implement a required step in a cryptographic algorithm, resulting in weaker encryption than advertised by the algorithm.

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (...
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System...
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.2 security update
The latest release of Red Hat Update Infrastructure. For more details, see the product documentation.
Red Hat Security Advisory: A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage
A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage
Red Hat Security Advisory: Insights proxy Container Image
Initial GA Release of Red Hat Insights proxy
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 Technology Preview security update
A new set of Red Hat Update Infrastructure container images is now available as a Technology Preview in the Red Hat container registry.
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.17.2
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2
cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.18.2

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Low

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
09/06/2026 17:17
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/07/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-325: Missing Cryptographic Step - The product does not implement a required step in a cryptographic algorithm, resulting in weaker encryption than advertised by the algorithm.
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 14/06/2026 05:00
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Low", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 14/06/2026 05:00
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 3 Dernière mise à jour: 4 months ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/25b32cd9d41d2bc01b6abc425bb4baf2c2236...
https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/71e2a5d263518cf5866043bd60ee4994d59e5...
https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/7fe3f33a3b3a4c487aa4dcdbc87057f66ffd2...
https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/daca0f48e4a69a2892a62262bad59e62a8a76...
https://github.com/openssl/security/commit/eec5e9bf0d867333b8495e456f5235d225798...
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260609.txt
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