CVE-2026-31789

Publication date 7 April 2026

Last updated 7 April 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Heap buffer overflow in hexadecimal conversion

Read the notes from the security team

Why is this CVE low priority?

OpenSSL developers have rated this issue as being low severity

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssl 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
openssl-fips 25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
openssl1.0 25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
nodejs 25.10 questing
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
edk2 25.10 questing
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

edk2 in jammy embeds OpenSSL 1.1.1j edk2 in noble embeds OpenSSL 3.0.9 edk2 in plucky embeds OpenSSL 3.4.0 edk2 in questing embeds OpenSSL 3.4.0 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are vulnerable to this issue.


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