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Amazon Linux 2023 : openssl, openssl-devel, openssl-fips-provider-latest (ALAS2023-2026-1586)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306202

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1586 advisory.

 Potential use-after-free in DANE client code (CVE-2026-28387)

 NULL Pointer Dereference When Processing a Delta CRL

 NOTE: https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260407.txt (CVE-2026-28388)

 Possible NULL dereference when processing CMS KeyAgreeRecipientInfo (CVE-2026-28389)

 Possible NULL dereference when processing CMS KeyTransportRecipientInfo (CVE-2026-28390)

 Incorrect failure handling in RSA KEM RSASVE encapsulation (CVE-2026-31790)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'dnf update openssl --releasever 2023.11.20260413' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1586 --releasever 2023.11.20260413' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-28387.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-28388.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-28389.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-28390.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-31790.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-1586.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306202

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-1586.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2026

Updated: 4/13/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31790

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-libs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-snapsafe-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-snapsafe-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-fips-provider-latest, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-fips-provider-latest-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

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

IAVA: 2026-A-0308