CVE-2026-72897: OpenSSL OpenSSL

Out-of-Bounds Access After SSL_set_SSL_CTX() During a Handshake

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0039 · 33rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: openssl) at 29 Sept 2026, 15:32 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
OpenSSL	OpenSSL	affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.3 semver affected 3.6.0 to before 3.6.5 semver affected 3.5.0 to before 3.5.9 semver affected 3.4.0 to before 3.4.8 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-72897

CNA

openssl

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-787

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 0.0039, the 33rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 29 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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