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Mageia OpenSC Critical Buffer Overflow Attack Advisory 2026-0231

mageia
Calendar Grey June 24, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia OpenSC security advisory details critical buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerabilities requiring updates.
Security update

Summary

Description: These packages fix security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-10275, A flaw has been found in OpenSC up to 0.26.1. This affects the function test_kpgen_certwrite of the file src/tools/pkcs11-tool.c of the component pkcs11-tool Key Generation Module. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. It is indicated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit has been published and may be used. Patch name: 814f745b3b6d100295f65f1935edd33d520d33ab. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. CVE-2026-40528, OpenSC before 0.27.0, fixed in commit 0358817, contains a stack and heap buffer overrun vulnerability in the do_key_value() function in src/pkcs15init/profile.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying a crafted profile configuration file. During pkcs15-init invocation, a key value entry beginning with '=' followed by more than sizeof(keybuf) characters is copied i...

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35710

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/message/BXWQZWIKO7R5XJCNG2QJKDJX4QJMW4G5/

- https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/issues/3682

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10275

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40528

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/opensc-0.25.0-1.3.mga9

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Publication date: 24 Jun 2026 
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0231.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-10275, CVE-2026-40528

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