Servers and applications
CVE-2022-3996
If an X.509 certificate contains a malformed policy constraint and policy processing is enabled, then a write lock will be taken twice recursively. On some operating systems (most widely: Windows) this results in a denial of service when the affected process hangs. Policy processing being enabled on a publicly facing server is not considered to be a common setup. Policy processing is enabled by…
- Severity
- High 7.5
- Published
- 13 Dec 2022
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 21 Oct 2026
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
OpenSSLServers and applications · cpe:a:openssl:openssl |
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