CVE record · CVE-2026-17510

Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 versions before 1.98 for Perl allow a NULL pointer dereference in print_attribute via a zero length BMPSTRING attribute

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0061 · 49th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CPANSec) at 9 Aug 2026, 01:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
JONASBN	Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 Package name: Crypt-OpenSSL-PKCS12 https://cpan.org/modules	affected before 1.98 custom Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-17510
CNA: CPANSec
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Tags: JONASBN Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12
Memory corruption
Published: 9 Aug 2026
Updated: 12 Aug 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.5	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0061, the 49th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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