CVE-2026-40528 LOW

CVE-2026-40528: OpenSC < 0.27.0 Buffer Overrun in do_key_value() via profile.c

Vendor Opensc
Product OpenSC
Weakness CWE-121
Published May 29, 2026
Last update May 29, 2026

CVSS base score

1.0/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

OpenSC before 0.27.0, fixed in commit 0358817, contains a stack and heap buffer overrun vulnerability in the do_key_value() function in src/pkcs15init/profile.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying a crafted profile configuration file. During pkcs15-init invocation, a key value entry beginning with '=' followed by more than sizeof(keybuf) characters is copied into keybuf via memcpy without a length check, causing both stack and heap buffer overruns.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 29, 2026 CVE published
May 29, 2026 Record updated