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Fedora 42 OpenSSL Critical Update Validate RSA Encryption 2026-7af660d639

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Calendar Grey May 8, 2026
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OpenSSL update for Fedora 42 addresses critical security issue related to RSA encryption validation.
Validate RSA_public_encrypt() result in RSASVE

Summary

The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between

machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared

libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and

protocols.

Update Information:

Validate RSA_public_encrypt() result in RSASVE

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical encryption OpenSSL rsasve

Change Log

* Mon Apr 20 2026 Pavol \u017d\u010dik - 1:3.2.6-4 - Validate RSA_public_encrypt() result in RSASVE Resolves: CVE-2026-31790

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-7af660d639 2026-05-08 01:24:13.569769+00:00
Name : openssl Product : Fedora 42 Version : 3.2.6 Release : 4.fc42 URL : http://www.openssl.org/ Summary : Utilities from the general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation Description : The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and protocols.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-7af660d639' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: openssl
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 3.2.6
Release: 4.fc42
URL: http://www.openssl.org/
Summary: Utilities from the general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical encryption OpenSSL rsasve

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