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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : OpenSSL vulnerabilities (USN-8155-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 306090

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8155-1 advisory.

 Viktor Dukhovni discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly negotiated the expected preferred key exchange group when used as a TLS 1.3 server. This could result in a less preferred key exchange being used, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-2673)

 Igor Morgenstern discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain memory operations when used as a DANE client. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-28387)

 Igor Morgenstern discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain memory operations when processing a delta CRL. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-28388)

 Nathan Sportsman, Daniel Rhea, and Jaeho Nam discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain memory operations when processing a crafted CMS EnvelopedData message with KeyAgreeRecipientInfo. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-28389)

 Muhammad Daffa, Joshua Rogers, and Chanho Kim discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled processing of a crafted CMS EnvelopedData message with KeyTransportRecipientInfo. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-28390)

 Quoc Tran discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled hexadecimal conversion on 32-bit platforms. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-31789)

 Simo Sorce discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled failures in RSA KEM RSASVE Encapsulation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-31790)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8155-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 306090

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8155-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2026

Updated: 4/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl3t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl-provider-legacy

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2673, CVE-2026-28387, CVE-2026-28388, CVE-2026-28389, CVE-2026-28390, CVE-2026-31789, CVE-2026-31790

IAVA: 2026-A-0308

USN: 8155-1