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CVE-2026-59251 (GCVE-0-2026-59251)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-27 15:30 – Updated: 2026-07-28 09:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial of service via exponential certificate policy tree growth in path validation
Summary
Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP public_key certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake.
During RFC 5280 policy processing in public_key:pkix_path_validation/3, the certificate policy tree maintained by pubkey_policy_tree grows without an upper bound. When a certificate chain contains M policies per certificate and K certificates, the tree grows on the order of M^K nodes because pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaves/2 and pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaf_siblings/2 extend the tree per policy per certificate. A modest chain with many policies per certificate is enough to pin BEAM schedulers and exhaust the node's memory, taking down the entire VM. The attacker only needs to be able to present a certificate chain to the victim, which is the normal precondition for a TLS handshake, so exploitation succeeds against any incoming or outgoing TLS connection that validates the peer's chain (the default for SSL/TLS clients and mutual-TLS servers).
This is the same vulnerability class as OpenSSL's X509_verify_cert policy tree DoS.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/public_key/src/pubkey_policy_tree.erl and program routines pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaves/2 and pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaf_siblings/2.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 26.2 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to public_key from 1.15 before 1.21.4, 1.20.3.4 and 1.17.1.5.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-27 18:31 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories… | vendor-advisoryrelated |
| https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-59251.html | related |
| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-59251 | related |
| https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#o… | x_version-scheme |
| https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f8580fc11709… | patch |
| https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f04c6bba38de… | patch |
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CVE-2026-32144 (GCVE-0-2026-32144)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-04-07 12:28 – Updated: 2026-07-24 14:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OCSP designated-responder authorization bypass via missing signature verification
Summary
Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in Erlang OTP public_key (pubkey_ocsp module) allows OCSP designated-responder authorization bypass via missing signature verification.
The OCSP response validation in public_key:pkix_ocsp_validate/5 does not verify that a CA-designated responder certificate was cryptographically signed by the issuing CA. Instead, it only checks that the responder certificate's issuer name matches the CA's subject name and that the certificate has the OCSPSigning extended key usage. An attacker who can intercept or control OCSP responses can create a self-signed certificate with a matching issuer name and the OCSPSigning EKU, and use it to forge OCSP responses that mark revoked certificates as valid.
This affects SSL/TLS clients using OCSP stapling, which may accept connections to servers with revoked certificates, potentially transmitting sensitive data to compromised servers. Applications using the public_key:pkix_ocsp_validate/5 API directly are also affected, with impact depending on usage context.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/public_key/src/pubkey_ocsp.erl and program routines pubkey_ocsp:is_authorized_responder/3.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 27.0 before OTP 28.4.2 and OTP 27.3.4.10, corresponding to public_key from 1.16 before 1.20.3 and 1.17.1.2, and ssl from 11.2 before 11.5.4 and 11.2.12.7.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-07 13:15 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
9 references
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| https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories… | vendor-advisoryrelated |
| https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-32144.html | related |
| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-32144 | related |
| https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#o… | x_version-scheme |
| https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/ac7ff528be85… | patch |
| https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/49033a6d93a5… | patch |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32144 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455896 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
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Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erlang | OTP |
Affected:
1.16 , < *
(otp)
cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Erlang | OTP |
Affected:
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(otp)
cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Erlang | OTP |
Affected:
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Affected: 601a012837ea0a5c8095bf24223132824177124d , < * (git) cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:16.2
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1
|
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0
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CVE-2026-59251 (GCVE-0-2026-59251)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-27 15:30 – Updated: 2026-07-28 09:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial of service via exponential certificate policy tree growth in path validation
Summary
Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP public_key certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake.
During RFC 5280 policy processing in public_key:pkix_path_validation/3, the certificate policy tree maintained by pubkey_policy_tree grows without an upper bound. When a certificate chain contains M policies per certificate and K certificates, the tree grows on the order of M^K nodes because pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaves/2 and pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaf_siblings/2 extend the tree per policy per certificate. A modest chain with many policies per certificate is enough to pin BEAM schedulers and exhaust the node's memory, taking down the entire VM. The attacker only needs to be able to present a certificate chain to the victim, which is the normal precondition for a TLS handshake, so exploitation succeeds against any incoming or outgoing TLS connection that validates the peer's chain (the default for SSL/TLS clients and mutual-TLS servers).
This is the same vulnerability class as OpenSSL's X509_verify_cert policy tree DoS.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/public_key/src/pubkey_policy_tree.erl and program routines pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaves/2 and pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaf_siblings/2.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 26.2 before OTP 29.0.4, OTP 28.5.0.4 and OTP 27.3.4.15, corresponding to public_key from 1.15 before 1.21.4, 1.20.3.4 and 1.17.1.5.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-27 18:31 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
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| https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f8580fc11709… | patch |
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CVE-2026-32144 (GCVE-0-2026-32144)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-07 12:28 – Updated: 2026-07-24 14:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OCSP designated-responder authorization bypass via missing signature verification
Summary
Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in Erlang OTP public_key (pubkey_ocsp module) allows OCSP designated-responder authorization bypass via missing signature verification.
The OCSP response validation in public_key:pkix_ocsp_validate/5 does not verify that a CA-designated responder certificate was cryptographically signed by the issuing CA. Instead, it only checks that the responder certificate's issuer name matches the CA's subject name and that the certificate has the OCSPSigning extended key usage. An attacker who can intercept or control OCSP responses can create a self-signed certificate with a matching issuer name and the OCSPSigning EKU, and use it to forge OCSP responses that mark revoked certificates as valid.
This affects SSL/TLS clients using OCSP stapling, which may accept connections to servers with revoked certificates, potentially transmitting sensitive data to compromised servers. Applications using the public_key:pkix_ocsp_validate/5 API directly are also affected, with impact depending on usage context.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/public_key/src/pubkey_ocsp.erl and program routines pubkey_ocsp:is_authorized_responder/3.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 27.0 before OTP 28.4.2 and OTP 27.3.4.10, corresponding to public_key from 1.16 before 1.20.3 and 1.17.1.2, and ssl from 11.2 before 11.5.4 and 11.2.12.7.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-07 13:15 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
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| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-32144 | related |
| https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#o… | x_version-scheme |
| https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/ac7ff528be85… | patch |
| https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/49033a6d93a5… | patch |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32144 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455896 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v… | x_sadp-csaf-vex |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Erlang | OTP |
Affected:
1.16 , < *
(otp)
cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Erlang | OTP |
Affected:
11.2 , < *
(otp)
cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| Erlang | OTP |
Affected:
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:16.2
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0
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