| # OpenSSL Advisory: August 25th, 2026 (BoringSSL Not Affected) |
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| OpenSSL have published a [security advisory](https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260825.txt). Here's how it affects BoringSSL: |
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| CVE | Summary | [Severity] in OpenSSL | Impact to BoringSSL |
| ----|---------|-----------------------|--------------------- |
| CVE-2026-18798 | QUIC Server May Trigger Double Free When Processing INITIAL Packet | Moderate | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
| CVE-2026-63072 | Heap Buffer Overflow in CMS Key Unwrapping | Moderate | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
| CVE-2026-63076 | Invalid Pointer Dereference in CMP Server via Crafted protectionAlg | Moderate | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
| CVE-2026-14457 | RPK Server Signature Algorithm Selection Can Dereference a Missing Certificate | Low | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
| CVE-2026-54874 | Excessive Memory Use Buffering DTLS Records for a Future Epoch | Low | Not affected, BoringSSL removed this buffering in [2015](https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/4238) |
| CVE-2026-63073 | Untrusted Sender DN Used as Format String in CMP Response Validation | Low | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
| CVE-2026-63074 | CMP Indefinite Cache Growth of ExtraCerts | Low | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
| CVE-2026-63075 | QUIC ACK-only Packet Retention Can Cause Memory Exhaustion | Low | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
| CVE-2026-75803 | AEAD Forgeries with Empty Ciphertext When Using EVP_Cipher() | Low | Not affected, issue was introduced after fork |
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| [Severity]: https://openssl-library.org/policies/general/security-policy/index.html#issue-severity |
