# 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

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.98
- Published: 2026-08-09 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- Crypt-OpenSSL-PKCS12: fixed in 1.98

## Description

Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 versions before 1.98 for Perl allow a NULL pointer dereference in print_attribute via a zero length BMPSTRING attribute. print_attribute() sizes the destination buffer for a BMPSTRING attribute from its declared byte length with `Renew(*attribute, length, char)`. A zero length attribute makes that a zero size reallocation, which Perl implements as a free returning NULL, so the buffer pointer becomes NULL, the following `strncpy` copies nothing, and the caller dereferences NULL in the `strlen()` it passes to `newSVpvn()`. A zero length BMPSTRING is even length, so the ASN.1 decoder accepts it and the value reaches this code. The UTF8STRING, OCTET STRING and BIT STRING arms size on `length + 1` or `length * 4 + 1` and are unaffected. Any caller that passes an untrusted PKCS#12 file to info_as_hash() can crash the process. info() prints attribute values directly without sizing a buffer and is unaffected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Crypt-OpenSSL-PKCS12, upgrade to a fixed version (1.98) per the references below.
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## References

- https://metacpan.org/release/JONASBN/Crypt-OpenSSL-PKCS12-1.98/source/Changes.md
- https://github.com/dsully/perl-crypt-openssl-pkcs12/commit/6cb282d8d8e8ded4859551cd2d3cfa7c6028ce48.patch

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