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CVE-2026-39853 Detail

Description

osslsigncode is a tool that implements Authenticode signing and timestamping. Prior to 2.12, A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in osslsigncode in several signature verification paths. During verification of a PKCS#7 signature, the code copies the digest value from a parsed SpcIndirectDataContent structure into a fixed-size stack buffer (mdbuf[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE], 64 bytes) without validating that the source length fits within the destination buffer. This pattern is present in the verification handlers for PE, MSI, CAB, and script files. An attacker can craft a malicious signed file with an oversized digest field in SpcIndirectDataContent. When a user verifies such a file with osslsigncode verify, the unbounded memcpy can overflow the stack buffer and corrupt adjacent stack state. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.12.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/commit/cbee1e723c5a8547302bd841ad9943ed8144db68 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/releases/tag/2.12 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/security/advisories/GHSA-hx87-8754-xvh4 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-39853
NVD Published Date:
04/09/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/09/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.