RHSA-2026:58563 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 24, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.
Security Fix(es):
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openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread (CVE-2024-5535)
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openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to NULL pointer dereference in CMS EnvelopedData processing (CVE-2026-28390)
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openssl: Heap Use-After-Free in OpenSSL PKCS7_verify() (CVE-2026-45447)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.