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Medium severity4.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-53159

CVE-2023-53159

Description

The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
opensslcrates.io	>= 0.10.0, < 0.10.55	0.10.55

Affected products

4

osv-coords3 versions
pkg:apk/chainguard/berg pkg:apk/wolfi/berg pkg:cargo/openssl
< 0.3.5-r2+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.5-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.5-r2
- (no CPE)range: >= 0.10.0, < 0.10.55
Sfackler/Rust Opensslcpe-rescue
Range: 0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

6

github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/1965nvdExploitPatchWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcf7-rvmh-g6q4ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53159ghsaADVISORY
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0044.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
crates.io/crates/opensslnvdProduct
github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/1968ghsaWEB

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