CVE-2026-31790

A flaw was found in openssl. Applications that use RSASVE key encapsulation, a method for securely exchanging encryption keys, may inadvertently expose sensitive data. This vulnerability arises when an application processes a malicious, invalid RSA public key provided by an attacker without proper validation. Consequently, the application might send the contents of an uninitialized memory buffer, which could contain confidential information, to the attacker.

Moderate impact. This flaw affects applications utilizing RSASVE key encapsulation, where an attacker-supplied invalid RSA public key is used with EVP_PKEY_encapsulate() without prior validation. This can lead to the disclosure of sensitive, uninitialized memory buffer contents to a malicious peer.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.