CVE-2022-3358
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileexploit · functionalDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
OpenSSL supports creating a custom cipher via the legacy EVP_CIPHER_meth_new() function and associated function calls. This function was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 and application authors are instead encouraged to use the new provider mechanism in order to implement custom ciphers. OpenSSL versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.5 incorrectly handle legacy custom ciphers passed to the EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex2() and EVP_CipherInit_ex2() functions (as well as other similarly named encryption and decryption initialisation functions). Instead of using the custom cipher directly it incorrectly tries to fetch an equivalent cipher from the available providers. An equivalent cipher is found based on the NID passed to EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(). This NID is supposed to represent the unique NID for a given cipher. However it is possible for an application to incorrectly pass NID_undef as this value in the call to EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(). When NID_undef is used in this way the OpenSSL encryption/decryption initialisation function will match the NULL cipher as being equivalent and will fetch this from the available providers. This will succeed if the default provider has been loaded (or if a third party provider has been loaded that offers this cipher). Using the NULL cipher means that the plaintext is emitted as the ciphertext. Applications are only affected by this issue if they call EVP_CIPHER_meth_new() using NID_undef and subsequently use it in a call to an encryption/decryption initialisation function. Applications that only use SSL/TLS are not impacted by this issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.6 (Affected 3.0.0-3.0.5).
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exploits (1)
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- auxiliary/scanner/ssl/ssl_versionSSL/TLS Version Detectionfunctional · metasploit
affected products (37)
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:advanced_cluster_security_for_kubernetes_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Service Interconnect 1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:service_interconnect_1
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform_4.12
advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-1690OpenSSL: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2022-10-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in OpenSSL ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-1542Red Hat OpenShift: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat OpenShift ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
- GHSA-4f63-89w9-3jjvUsing a Custom Cipher with `NID_undef` may lead to NULL encryption2022-10-11ghsa · osvUS
OpenSSL supports creating a custom cipher via the legacy EVP_CIPHER_meth_new() function and associated function calls. This function was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 and application authors are instead encouraged to use the new provider mechanism in order to implement custom ciphers. OpenSSL versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.5 incorrectly handle legacy custom ciphers passed to the EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex2() and EVP_CipherInit_ex2() functions (as well as other similarly named encryption and decryption initialisation functions). Instead of using the custom cipher directly it incorrectly tries to fetch an equivalent cipher from the available providers. An equivalent cipher is found based on the NID passed to EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(). This NID is supposed to represent the unique NID for a given cipher. However it is possible for an application to incorrectly pass NID_undef as this value in the call to EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(). When NID_undef is used in this way the OpenSSL encryption/decryption initialisation function will match the NULL cipher as being equivalent and will fetch this from the available providers. This will succeed if the default provider has been loaded (or if a third party provider has been loaded that offers this cipher). Using the NULL cipher means that the plaintext is emitted as the ciphertext. Applications are only affected by this issue if they call EVP_CIPHER_meth_new() using NID_undef and subsequently use it in a call to an encryption/decryption initialisation function. Applications that only use SSL/TLS are not impacted by this issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.6 (Affected 3.0.0-3.0.5).
- RUSTSEC-2022-0059Using a Custom Cipher with `NID_undef` may lead to NULL encryption2022-10-11vendor · osvUS
OpenSSL supports creating a custom cipher via the legacy `EVP_CIPHER_meth_new()` function and associated function calls. This function was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 and application authors are instead encouraged to use the new provider mechanism in order to implement custom ciphers. OpenSSL versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.5 incorrectly handle legacy custom ciphers passed to the `EVP_EncryptInit_ex2()`, `EVP_DecryptInit_ex2()` and `EVP_CipherInit_ex2()` functions (as well as other similarly named encryption and decryption initialisation functions). Instead of using the custom cipher directly it incorrectly tries to fetch an equivalent cipher from the available providers. An equivalent cipher is found based on the NID passed to `EVP_CIPHER_meth_new()`. This NID is supposed to represent the unique NID for a given cipher. However it is possible for an application to incorrectly pass `NID_undef` as this value in the call to `EVP_CIPHER_meth_new()`. When `NID_undef` is used in this way the OpenSSL encryption/decryption initialisation function will match the NULL cipher as being equivalent and will fetch this from the available providers. This will succeed if the default provider has been loaded (or if a third party provider has been loaded that offers this cipher). Using the NULL cipher means that the plaintext is emitted as the ciphertext. Applications are only affected by this issue if they call `EVP_CIPHER_meth_new()` using `NID_undef` and subsequently use it in a call to an encryption/decryption initialisation function. Applications that only use SSL/TLS are not impacted by this issue.
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references (18)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-3358/cnnvd
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=5485c56679d7c49b96e8fc8ca708b0b7e7c03c4bcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168681/OpenSSL-Toolkit-3.0.6.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169684/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5710-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0023cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0014/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenSSL-no-encryption-via-Custom-Cipher-NID-undef-39521cnnvd
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20221011.txtcnnvd
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