Crypt::OpenSSL::X509 versions before 2.1.3 for Perl allow denial of service via NULL pointer dereference.
X509V3_EXT_d2i(ext) returns NULL when an extension's DER value fails to parse. basicC, ia5string, and auth_att dereference its result without a NULL check. keyid_data also dereferences akid->keyid, which is NULL for an empty AKI SEQUENCE (DER 30 00) even when the parse succeeds.
A caller invoking an affected helper on an extension from an untrusted certificate triggers a SIGSEGV that crashes the Perl process.
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"cna_assigner": "CPANSec",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/58xxx/CVE-2026-58101.json"
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jonasbn:crypt\\:\\:openssl\\:\\:x509:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.1.3"
}
],
"source": [
"CPE_RANGE",
"REFERENCES"
]
}