# CVE-2026-39853: osslsigncode has a Stack Buffer Overflow via Unbounded Digest Copy During Signature Verification

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.12
- Published: 2026-04-09 · Updated: 2026-04-09

## Affected

- mtrojnar osslsigncode: fixed in 2.12

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mtrojnar osslsigncode, upgrade to a fixed version (2.12) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/security/advisories/GHSA-hx87-8754-xvh4
- https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/commit/cbee1e723c5a8547302bd841ad9943ed8144db68
- https://github.com/mtrojnar/osslsigncode/releases/tag/2.12

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