CVE-2025-15469 | 'openssl dgst' one-shot codepath silently truncates inputs >16MB

Issue summary: The 'openssl dgst' command-line tool silently truncates input data to 16MB when using one-shot signing algorithms and reports success instead of an error. Impact summary: A user signing or verifying files larger than 16MB with one-shot algorithms (such as Ed25519, Ed448, or ML-DSA) may believe the entire file is authenticated while trailing data beyond 16MB remains unauthenticated. When the 'openssl dgst' command is used with algorithms that only support one-shot signing (Ed25519, Ed448, ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, ML-DSA-87), the input is buffered with a 16MB limit. If the input exceeds this limit, the tool silently truncates to the first 16MB and continues without signaling an error, contrary to what the documentation states. This creates an integrity gap where trailing bytes can be modified without detection if both signing and verification are performed using the same affected codepath. The issue affects only the command-line tool behavior. Verifiers that process the full message using library APIs will reject the signature, so the risk primarily affects workflows that both sign and verify with the affected 'openssl dgst' command. Streaming digest algorithms for 'openssl dgst' and library users are unaffected. The FIPS modules in 3.5 and 3.6 are not affected by this issue, as the command-line tools are outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.5 and 3.6 are vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.

Published: 2026-01-27 Last update: 2026-02-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-15469 is rated Low Risk (22.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-15469

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-28 0.01%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-15469

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-15469

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-15469

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-15469: 1 source package rows (openssl); 17 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-main, 3.23-main, edge-main); fixed 3, open 14. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-15469
debian unimportant CVE-2025-15469 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-15469
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15469
suse medium CVE-2025-15469 severity moderate: SUSE including 307 source package names (16.3-1.20:libopenssl-3-fips-provider-3.5.0-160000.5.1, 16.3-1.20:libopenssl3-3.5.0-160000.5.1, …), 755 product×package rows across 91 product lines (Container suse/sles/16.0/toolbox, Image SL-Micro-Azure, … (91 product lines)): Known Not Affected 331, Known Affected 231, Fixed 186, First Fixed 7. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15469/
ubuntu low CVE-2025-15469 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (edk2, nodejs, openssl, openssl1.0), 32 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 20, needs-triage 5, DNE 4, released 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-15469

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-15469

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openssl openssl >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openssl openssl >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-15469

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