Mbed TLS 4.0.0

Description

The Mbed TLS 4.0.0 and TF-PSA-Crypto 1.0.0 releases introduce a major codebase restructuring:

• PSA Crypto functionality now resides in its own repository Mbed-TLS/TF-PSA-Crypto.
• TLS and X.509 components remain in Mbed TLS.

API Changes & Migration

The Mbed TLS 4.0.0 and TF-PSA-Crypto 1.0.0 releases include significant API changes that break backward compatibility with previous releases. Please test your integration thoroughly and follow the 4.0 migration guide and TF-PSA-Crypto's 1.0 migration guide to update your codebase to the new interfaces.

Please note

• Mbed TLS 4.0.0 includes TF-PSA-Crypto 1.0.0 (as a subtree in the tarball, and as a submodule in git) and can only be built with this included version TF-PSA-Crypto.

Security Advisories

Compared to Mbed TLS 3.6.4 (the latest LTS release that pre-dates it), Mbed TLS 4.0.0 does not directly fix any new vulnerability. However two vulnerabilities are fixed in TF-PSA-Crypto 1.0.0, which is included in Mbed TLS 4.0.0. See the release notes of TF-PSA-Crypto 1.0.0 for details about those two fixes.

Compared to Mbed TLS 3.6.0 (the latest feature release that pre-dates it), Mbed TLS 4.0.0 also fixes the following vulnerabilities, that had been fixed in Mbed TLS 3.6.4 already:

• CTR_DRBG prioritized over HMAC_DRBG as the PSA DRBG
• Stack buffer overflow in ECDSA signature conversion functions
• Limited authentication bypass in TLS 1.3 optional client authentication
• Buffer underrun in pkwrite when writing an opaque key pair
• TLS clients should generally call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname
• Potential authentication bypass in TLS handshake
• Misleading memory management in mbedtls_x509_string_to_names()
• NULL pointer dereference after using mbedtls_asn1_store_named_data()

Release Notes

API changes

• Align the mbedtls_ssl_ticket_setup() function with the PSA Crypto API.
  Instead of taking a mbedtls_cipher_type_t as an argument, this function
  now takes 3 new arguments: a PSA algorithm, key type and key size, to
  specify the AEAD for ticket protection.
• The PSA and Mbed TLS error spaces are now unified. mbedtls_xxx()
  functions can now return PSA_ERROR_xxx values.
  There is no longer a distinction between "low-level" and "high-level"
  Mbed TLS error codes.
  This will not affect most applications since the error values are
  between -32767 and -1 as before.
• All API functions now use the PSA random generator psa_generate_random()
  internally. As a consequence, functions no longer take RNG parameters.
  Please refer to the migration guide at :
  docs/4.0-migration-guide.md.
• The list passed to mbedtls_ssl_conf_alpn_protocols() is now declared
  as having const elements, reflecting the fact that the library will
  not modify it
• Change the serial argument of the mbedtls_x509write_crt_set_serial_raw
  function to a const to align with the rest of the API.
• Change the signature of the runtime version information methods that took
  a char* as an argument to take zero arguments and return a const char*
  instead. This aligns us with the interface used in TF PSA Crypto 1.0.
  If you need to support linking against both Mbed TLS 3.x and 4.x, please
  use the build-time version macros or mbedtls_version_get_number() to
  determine the correct signature for mbedtls_version_get_string() and
  mbedtls_version_get_string_full() before calling them.
  Fixes issue #10308.
• Make the following error codes aliases of their PSA equivalents, where
  xxx is a module, e.g. X509 or SSL.
  MBEDTLS_ERR_xxx_BAD_INPUT_DATA -> PSA_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT
  MBEDTLS_ERR_xxx_ALLOC_FAILED -> PSA_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY
  MBEDTLS_ERR_xxx_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL -> PSA_ERROR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL
  MBEDTLS_ERR_PKCS7_VERIFY_FAIL -> PSA_ERROR_INVALID_SIGNATURE
• Add MBEDTLS_SSL_NULL_CIPHERSUITES configuration option. It enables
  TLS 1.2 ciphersuites without encryption and is disabled by default.
  This new option replaces MBEDTLS_CIPHER_NULL_CIPHER.

Default behavior changes

• The X.509 and TLS modules now always use the PSA subsystem
  to perform cryptographic operations, with a few exceptions documented
  in docs/architecture/psa-migration/psa-limitations.md. This
  corresponds to the behavior of Mbed TLS 3.x when
  MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled. In effect, MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO
  is now always enabled.
• psa_crypto_init() must be called before performing any cryptographic
  operation, including indirect requests such as parsing a key or
  certificate or starting a TLS handshake.
• In TLS clients, if mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() has not been called,
  mbedtls_ssl_handshake() now fails with
  MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME
  if certificate-based authentication of the server is attempted.
  This is because authenticating a server without knowing what name
  to expect is usually insecure.

Removals

• Remove support for the RSA-PSK key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Remove deprecated mbedtls_x509write_crt_set_serial(). The function was
  already deprecated and superseded by
  mbedtls_x509write_crt_set_serial_raw().
• Remove the function mbedtls_ssl_conf_curves() which had been deprecated
  in favour of mbedtls_ssl_conf_groups() since Mbed TLS 3.1.
• Remove support for the DHE-PSK key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Remove support for the DHE-RSA key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Following the removal of DHM module (#9972 and TF-PSA-Crypto#175) the
  following SSL functions are removed:
  • mbedtls_ssl_conf_dh_param_bin
  • mbedtls_ssl_conf_dh_param_ctx
  • mbedtls_ssl_conf_dhm_min_bitlen
• Remove support for the RSA key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Remove mbedtls_low_level_strerr() and mbedtls_high_level_strerr(),
  since these concepts no longer exists. There is just mbedtls_strerror().
• Sample programs for the legacy crypto API have been removed.
  pkey/rsa_genkey.c
  pkey/pk_decrypt.c
  pkey/dh_genprime.c
  pkey/rsa_verify.c
  pkey/mpi_demo.c
  pkey/rsa_decrypt.c
  pkey/key_app.c
  pkey/dh_server.c
  pkey/ecdh_curve25519.c
  pkey/pk_encrypt.c
  pkey/rsa_sign.c
  pkey/key_app_writer.c
  pkey/dh_client.c
  pkey/ecdsa.c
  pkey/rsa_encrypt.c
  wince_main.c
  aes/crypt_and_hash.c
  random/gen_random_ctr_drbg.c
  random/gen_entropy.c
  hash/md_hmac_demo.c
  hash/hello.c
  hash/generic_sum.c
  cipher/cipher_aead_demo.c
• Remove compat-2-x.h header from mbedtls.
• The library no longer offers interfaces to look up values by OID
  or OID by enum values.
  The header <mbedtls/oid.h> now only defines functions to convert
  between binary and dotted string OID representations, and macros
  for OID strings that are relevant to X.509.
  The compilation option MBEDTLS_OID_C no longer
  exists. OID tables are included in the build automatically as needed.
• The header <mbedtls/check_config.h> no longer exists. Including it
  from a custom config file was no longer needed since Mbed TLS 3.0,
  and could lead to spurious errors. The checks that it performed are
  now done automatically when building the library.
• Support for secp192k1, secp192r1, secp224k1 and secp224r1 EC curves is
  removed from TLS.
• Remove mbedtls_pk_type_t from the public interface and replace it with
  mbedtls_pk_sigalg_t.
• Remove MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_CONNECTION_ID_COMPAT. Now only the
  standard version (defined in RFC 9146) of DTLS connection ID is supported.
• Remove mbedtls_ssl_conf_min_version(), mbedtls_ssl_conf_max_version(), and
  the associated constants MBEDTLS_SSL_MAJOR_VERSION_x and
  MBEDTLS_SSL_MINOR_VERSION_y. Use mbedtls_ssl_conf_min_tls_version() and
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_max_tls_version() with MBEDTLS_SSL_VERSION_TLS1_y instead.
  Note that the new names of the new constants use the TLS protocol versions,
  unlike the old constants whose names are based on internal encodings.
• Remove mbedtls_ssl_conf_sig_hashes(). Use mbedtls_ssl_conf_sig_algs()
  instead.
• Removed all public key sample programs from the programs/pkey
  directory.
• Removed support for TLS 1.2 static ECDH key
  exchanges (ECDH-ECDSA and ECDH-RSA).
• Drop support for the GNU Make and Microsoft Visual Studio build systems.

Features

• Add the function mbedtls_ssl_export_keying_material() which allows the
  client and server to extract additional shared symmetric keys from an SSL
  session, according to the TLS-Exporter specification in RFC 8446 and 5705.
  This requires MBEDTLS_SSL_KEYING_MAT...

Mbed TLS 3.6.5

Description

This release includes fixes for security issues.

Mbed TLS 3.6 is a long-term support (LTS) branch. It will be supported with bug-fixes and security fixes until at least March 2027.

Security Advisories

The two issues fixed were timing side channels.

For full details, please see the following links:

• Padding oracle through timing of cipher error reporting
• Side channel in RSA key generation and operations (SSBleed, M-Step)

Release Notes

API changes

• When building the library as a PSA client (MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT
  enabled and MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C disabled), you need to provide the
  function psa_can_do_cipher() in addition to psa_can_do_hash(). This
  changed was made in Mbed TLS 3.6.0 but was not announced then.

Features

• The new function mbedtls_cipher_finish_padded() is similar to
  mbedtls_cipher_finish(), but makes it easier to process invalid-padding
  conditions in constant time.

Security

• Fix a timing side channel in CBC-PKCS7 decryption that could
  allow an attacker who can submit chosen ciphertexts to recover
  some plaintexts through a timing-based padding oracle attack.
  Credits to Beat Heeb from Oberon microsystems AG. CVE-2025-59438
• Fix a local timing side-channel in modular inversion and GCD that was
  exploitable in RSA key generation and other RSA operations (see the full
  advisory for details), allowing a local attacker to fully recover the
  private key. This can be exploited on some Arm-v9 CPUs by an unprivileged
  attacker running code on the same core (SSBleed), or when Trustzone-M is
  used, by the non-secure side abusing timer interrupts (M-Step), and
  probably in other similar settings as well. Found and reported
  independently by: SSBleed: Chang Liu (Tsinghua University) and Trevor E.
  Carlson (National University of Singapore); M-Step: Cristiano Rodrigues
  (University of Minho), Marton Bognar (DistriNet, KU Leuven), Sandro Pinto
  (University of Minho), Jo Van Bulck (DistriNet, KU Leuven). CVE-2025-54764

Bugfix

• Fix potential CMake parallel build failure when building both the static
  and shared libraries.
• Fix a build error or incorrect TLS session
  lifetime on platforms where mbedtls_time_t
  is not time_t. Fixes #10236.

Changes

• The function mbedtls_mpi_gcd() now always gives a non-negative output.
  Previously the output was negative when B = 0 and A < 0, which was not
  documented, and inconsistent as all other inputs resulted in a non-negative
  output.

Who should update

This release includes security fixes. We strongly recommend evaluating your exposure and, if applicable, prioritizing an upgrade.

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Mbed TLS 3.6.4

Description

This release includes fixes for security issues.

Mbed TLS 3.6 is a long-term support (LTS) branch. It will be supported with bug-fixes and security fixes until at least March 2027.

Who should update

We recommend all users should update to take advantage of the bug fixes contained in this release at an appropriate point in their development lifecycle.

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

• Race condition in AESNI support detection
• Heap buffer under-read when parsing PEM-encrypted material
• Unchecked return value in LMS verification allows signature bypass
• Out-of-bounds read in mbedtls_lms_import_public_key()
• Timing side-channel in block cipher decryption with PKCS#7 padding
• NULL pointer dereference after using mbedtls_asn1_store_named_data()
• Misleading memory management in mbedtls_x509_string_to_names()

Release Notes

Features

• Add the function mbedtls_ssl_export_keying_material() which allows the
  client and server to extract additional shared symmetric keys from an SSL
  session, according to the TLS-Exporter specification in RFC 8446 and 5705.
  This requires MBEDTLS_SSL_KEYING_MATERIAL_EXPORT to be defined in
  mbedtls_config.h.

Security

• Fix a buffer overread in mbedtls_lms_import_public_key() when the input is
  less than 3 bytes. Reported by Linh Le and Ngan Nguyen from Calif.
  CVE-2025-49601
• Fix a vulnerability in LMS verification through which an adversary could
  get an invalid signature accepted if they could cause a hash accelerator
  to fail. Found and reported by Linh Le and Ngan Nguyen from Calif.
  CVE-2025-49600
• On x86/amd64 platforms, with some compilers, when the library is
  compiled with support for both AESNI and software AES and AESNI is
  available in hardware, an adversary with fine control over which
  threads make progress in a multithreaded program could force software
  AES to be used for some time when the program starts. This could allow
  the adversary to conduct timing attacks and potentially recover the
  key. In particular, this attacker model may be possible against an SGX
  enclave.
  The same vulnerability affects GCM acceleration, which could allow
  a similarly powerful adversary to craft GCM forgeries.
  CVE-2025-52496
• Fix possible use-after-free or double-free in code calling
  mbedtls_x509_string_to_names(). This was caused by the function calling
  mbedtls_asn1_free_named_data_list() on its head argument, while the
  documentation did no suggest it did, making it likely for callers relying
  on the documented behaviour to still hold pointers to memory blocks after
  they were free()d, resulting in high risk of use-after-free or double-free,
  with consequences ranging up to arbitrary code execution.
  In particular, the two sample programs x509/cert_write and x509/cert_req
  were affected (use-after-free if the san string contains more than one DN).
  Code that does not call mbedtls_string_to_names() directly is not affected.
  Found by Linh Le and Ngan Nguyen from Calif.
  CVE-2025-47917
• Fix a bug in mbedtls_asn1_store_named_data() where it would sometimes leave
  an item in the output list in an inconsistent state with val.p == NULL but
  val.len > 0. This impacts applications that call this function directly,
  or indirectly via mbedtls_x509_string_to_names() or one of the
  mbedtls_x509write_{crt,csr}set{subject,issuer}_name() functions. The
  inconsistent state of the output could then cause a NULL dereference either
  inside the same call to mbedtls_x509_string_to_names(), or in subsequent
  users of the output structure, such as mbedtls_x509_write_names(). This
  only affects applications that create (as opposed to consume) X.509
  certificates, CSRs or CRLs, or that call mbedtls_asn1_store_named_data()
  directly. Found by Linh Le and Ngan Nguyen from Calif.
  CVE-2025-48965
• Fix an integer underflow that could occur when parsing malformed PEM
  keys, which could be used by an attacker capable of feeding encrypted
  PEM keys to a user. This could cause a crash or information disclosure.
  Found and reported by Linh Le and Ngan Nguyen from Calif.
  CVE-2025-52497
• Fix a timing side channel in the implementation of PKCS#7 padding
  which would allow an attacker who can request decryption of arbitrary
  ciphertexts to recover the plaintext through a timing oracle attack.
  Reported by Ka Lok Wu from Stony Brook University and Doria Tang from
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  CVE-2025-49087

Bugfix

• Fix failures of PSA multipart or interruptible operations when the
  library or the application is built with a compiler where
  "union foo x = {0}" does not initialize non-default members of the
  union, such as GCC 15 and some versions of Clang 18. This affected MAC
  multipart operations, MAC-based key derivation operations, interruptible
  signature, interruptible verification, and potentially other operations
  when using third-party drivers. This also affected one-shot MAC
  operations using the built-in implementation. Fixes #9814.
• On entry to PSA driver entry points that set up a multipart operation
  ("xxx_setup"), the operation object is supposed to be all-bits-zero.
  This was sometimes not the case when an operation object is reused,
  or with compilers where "union foo x = {0}" does not initialize
  non-default members of the union. The PSA core now ensures that this
  guarantee is met in all cases. Fixes #9975.
• Resolved build issue with C++ projects using Mbed TLS 3.6 when compiling
  with the MSVC toolset v142 and earlier. Fixes mbedtls issue #7087.
• Silence spurious -Wunterminated-string-initialization warnings introduced
  by GCC 15. Fixes #9944.
• Fix a sloppy check in LMS public key import, which could lead to accepting
  keys with a different LMS or LM-OTS types on some platforms. Specifically,
  this could happen on platforms where enum types are smaller than 32 bits
  and compiler optimization is enabled. Found and reported by Linh Le and
  Ngan Nguyen from Calif.
• Fix a race condition on x86/amd64 platforms in AESNI support detection
  that could lead to using software AES in some threads at the very
  beginning of a multithreaded program. Reported by Solar Designer.
  Fixes #9840.
• Fix mbedtls_base64_decode() on inputs that did not have the correct
  number of trailing equal signs, or had 4*k+1 digits. They were accepted
  as long as they had at most two trailing equal signs. They are now
  rejected. Furthermore, before, on inputs with too few equal signs, the
  function reported the correct size in *olen when it returned
  MBEDTLS_ERR_BASE64_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL, but truncated the output to the
  last multiple of 3 bytes.
• When calling mbedtls_asn1_write_raw_buffer() with NULL, 0 as the last two
  arguments, undefined behaviour would be triggered, in the form of a call to
  memcpy(..., NULL, 0). This was harmless in practice, but could trigger
  complains from sanitizers or static analyzers.

Changes

• The function mbedtls_x509_string_to_names() now requires its head argument
  to point to NULL on entry. This makes it likely that existing risky uses of
  this function (see the entry in the Security section) will be detected and
  fixed.

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Mbed TLS 4.0.0-beta

Description

The Mbed TLS 4.0.0-beta and TF-PSA-Crypto 1.0.0-beta releases introduce a major codebase restructuring:

• PSA Crypto functionality now resides in its own repository Mbed-TLS/TF-PSA-Crypto.
• TLS and X.509 components remain in Mbed TLS.

API Changes & Migration

These betas include significant API changes that break backward compatibility with previous releases. Please test your integration thoroughly and follow the 4.0-migration-guide to update your codebase to the new interfaces.

Please note

• These beta versions must be used together to validate your integration against the newly split interfaces.
• The 4.0 Migration Guide is currently under construction and will be continuously updated as we prepare for the full, non-beta release.

Intended audience for this beta

• Integrators: To evaluate the impact of the Mbed TLS split and API changes on your codebase.
• Early adopters: Anyone who wants to experiment with the upcoming interfaces and provide feedback before the formal release.

These betas are not production-ready. For deployments requiring stability and the latest security fixes, please continue using the LTS release Mbed TLS 3.6.4

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

• CTR_DRBG prioritized over HMAC_DRBG as the PSA DRBG
• Stack buffer overflow in ECDSA signature conversion functions
• Limited authentication bypass in TLS 1.3 optional client authentication
• Buffer underrun in pkwrite when writing an opaque key pair
• TLS clients should generally call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname
• Potential authentication bypass in TLS handshake
• Misleading memory management in mbedtls_x509_string_to_names()
• NULL pointer dereference after using mbedtls_asn1_store_named_data()

Release Notes

API changes

• The experimental functions psa_generate_key_ext() and
  psa_key_derivation_output_key_ext() have been replaced by
  psa_generate_key_custom() and psa_key_derivation_output_key_custom().
  They have almost exactly the same interface, but the variable-length
  data is passed in a separate parameter instead of a flexible array
  member. This resolves a build failure under C++ compilers that do not
  support flexible array members (a C99 feature not adopted by C++).
  Fixes #9020.
• Align the mbedtls_ssl_ticket_setup() function with the PSA Crypto API.
  Instead of taking a mbedtls_cipher_type_t as an argument, this function
  now takes 3 new arguments: a PSA algorithm, key type and key size, to
  specify the AEAD for ticket protection.
• The PSA and Mbed TLS error spaces are now unified. mbedtls_xxx()
  functions can now return PSA_ERROR_xxx values.
  There is no longer a distinction between "low-level" and "high-level"
  Mbed TLS error codes.
  This will not affect most applications since the error values are
  between -32767 and -1 as before.
• All API functions now use the PSA random generator psa_get_random()
  internally. As a consequence, functions no longer take RNG parameters.
  Please refer to the migration guide at :
  tf-psa-crypto/docs/4.0-migration-guide.md.

Default behavior changes

• In a PSA-client-only build (i.e. MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT &&
  !MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C), do not automatically enable local crypto when the
  corresponding PSA mechanism is enabled, since the server provides the
  crypto. Fixes #9126.
• The PK, X.509, PKCS7 and TLS modules now always use the PSA subsystem
  to perform cryptographic operations, with a few exceptions documented
  in docs/architecture/psa-migration/psa-limitations.md. This
  corresponds to the behavior of Mbed TLS 3.x when
  MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled. In effect, MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO
  is now always enabled.
• psa_crypto_init() must be called before performing any cryptographic
  operation, including indirect requests such as parsing a key or
  certificate or starting a TLS handshake.
• The PSA_WANT_XXX symbols as defined in
  tf-psa-crypto/include/psa/crypto_config.h are now always used in the
  configuration of the cryptographic mechanisms exposed by the PSA API.
  This corresponds to the configuration behavior of Mbed TLS 3.x when
  MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CONFIG is enabled. In effect, MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CONFIG
  is now always enabled and the configuration option has been removed.
• In TLS clients, if mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() has not been called,
  mbedtls_ssl_handshake() now fails with
  MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME
  if certificate-based authentication of the server is attempted.
  This is because authenticating a server without knowing what name
  to expect is usually insecure.

Removals

• Drop support for VIA Padlock. Removes MBEDTLS_PADLOCK_C.
  Fixes #5903.
• Drop support for crypto alt interface. Removes MBEDTLS_XXX_ALT options
  at the module and function level for crypto mechanisms only. The remaining
  alt interfaces for platform, threading and timing are unchanged.
  Fixes #8149.
• Remove support for the RSA-PSK key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Remove deprecated mbedtls_x509write_crt_set_serial(). The function was
  already deprecated and superseeded by
  mbedtls_x509write_crt_set_serial_raw().
• Remove the function mbedtls_ssl_conf_curves() which had been deprecated
  in favour of mbedtls_ssl_conf_groups() since Mbed TLS 3.1.
• Remove support for the DHE-PSK key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Remove support for the DHE-RSA key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Following the removal of DHM module (#9972 and TF-PSA-Crypto#175) the
  following SSL functions are removed:
  • mbedtls_ssl_conf_dh_param_bin
  • mbedtls_ssl_conf_dh_param_ctx
  • mbedtls_ssl_conf_dhm_min_bitlen
• Remove support for the RSA key exchange in TLS 1.2.
• Remove mbedtls_low_level_sterr() and mbedtls_high_level_strerr(),
  since these concepts no longer exists. There is just mbedtls_strerror().
  * Removal of the following sample programs:
  pkey/rsa_genkey.c
  pkey/pk_decrypt.c
  pkey/dh_genprime.c
  pkey/rsa_verify.c
  pkey/mpi_demo.c
  pkey/rsa_decrypt.c
  pkey/key_app.c
  pkey/dh_server.c
  pkey/ecdh_curve25519.c
  pkey/pk_encrypt.c
  pkey/rsa_sign.c
  pkey/key_app_writer.c
  pkey/dh_client.c
  pkey/ecdsa.c
  pkey/rsa_encrypt.c
  wince_main.c
  aes/crypt_and_hash.c
  random/gen_random_ctr_drbg.c
  random/gen_entropy.c
  hash/md_hmac_demo.c
  hash/hello.c
  hash/generic_sum.c
  cipher/cipher_aead_demo.c
• Remove compat-2-x.h header from mbedtls.
• The library no longer offers interfaces to look up values by OID
  or OID by enum values.
  The header <mbedtls/oid.h> now only defines functions to convert
  between binary and dotted string OID representations, and macros
  for OID strings that are relevant to X.509.
  The compilation option MBEDTLS_OID_C no longer
  exists. OID tables are included in the build automatically as needed.

Features

• When the new compilation option MBEDTLS_PSA_KEY_STORE_DYNAMIC is enabled,
  the number of volatile PSA keys is virtually unlimited, at the expense
  of increased code size. This option is off by default, but enabled in
  the default mbedtls_config.h. Fixes #9216.
• Add a new psa_key_agreement() PSA API to perform key agreement and return
  an identifier for the newly created key.
• Added new configuration option MBEDTLS_PSA_STATIC_KEY_SLOTS, which
  uses static storage for keys, enabling malloc-less use of key slots.
  The size of each buffer is given by the option
  MBEDTLS_PSA_STATIC_KEY_SLOT_BUFFER_SIZE. By default it accommodates the
  largest PSA key enabled in the build.
• Add an interruptible version of key agreement to the PSA interface.
  See psa_key_agreement_iop_setup() and related functions.
• Add an interruptible version of generate key to the PSA interface.
  See psa_generate_key_iop_setup() and related functions.
• Add the function mbedtls_ssl_export_keying_material() which allows the
  client and server to extract additional shared symmetric keys from an SSL
  session, according to the TLS-Exporter specification in RFC 8446 and 5705.
  This requires MBEDTLS_SSL_KEYING_MATERIAL_EXPORT to be defined in
  mbedtls_config.h.

Security

• Unlike previously documented, enabling MBEDTLS_PSA_HMAC_DRBG_MD_TYPE does
  not cause the PSA subsystem to use HMAC_DRBG: it uses HMAC_DRBG only when
  MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTERNAL_RNG and MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_C are disabled.
  C...

Mbed TLS 3.6.3.1

Description

This release is fully identical to Mbed TLS 3.6.3 in content, but without the .gitmodules file, which was left in by mistake and was causing difficulties for users who are getting Mbed TLS through git.

Mbed TLS 3.6 is a long-term support (LTS) branch. It will be supported with bug-fixes and security fixes until at least March 2027.

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Mbed TLS 3.6.3

Description

This release of Mbed TLS provides the fix for a tls compatibility issue of handling fragmented handshake messages. This release includes fixes for security issues.

Mbed TLS 3.6 is a long-term support (LTS) branch. It will be supported with bug-fixes and security fixes until at least March 2027.

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

• Potential authentication bypass in TLS handshake
• TLS clients should generally call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname

Release Notes

Default behavior changes

• In TLS clients, if mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() has not been called,
  mbedtls_ssl_handshake() now fails with
  MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME
  if certificate-based authentication of the server is attempted.
  This is because authenticating a server without knowing what name
  to expect is usually insecure. To restore the old behavior, either
  call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() with NULL as the hostname, or
  enable the new compile-time option
  MBEDTLS_SSL_CLI_ALLOW_WEAK_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME.

Features

• Added new configuration option MBEDTLS_PSA_STATIC_KEY_SLOTS, which
  uses static storage for keys, enabling malloc-less use of key slots.
  The size of each buffer is given by the option
  MBEDTLS_PSA_STATIC_KEY_SLOT_BUFFER_SIZE. By default it accommodates the
  largest PSA key enabled in the build.
• MD module can now perform PSA dispatching also when
  MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT && !MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C, even though this
  configuration is not officially supported. This requires that a
  PSA Crypto provider library which:
  • supports the required PSA_WANT_ALG_xxx and
  • implements psa_can_do_hash() on the client interface
    is linked against Mbed TLS and that psa_crypto_init() is called before
    performing any PSA call.

Security

• Note that TLS clients should generally call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname()
  if they use certificate authentication (i.e. not pre-shared keys).
  Otherwise, in many scenarios, the server could be impersonated.
  The library will now prevent the handshake and return
  MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME
  if mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() has not been called.
  Reported by Daniel Stenberg.
  CVE-2025-27809
• Zeroize a temporary heap buffer used in psa_key_derivation_output_key()
  when deriving an ECC key pair.
• Zeroize temporary heap buffers used in PSA operations.
• Fix a vulnerability in the TLS 1.2 handshake. If memory allocation failed
  or there was a cryptographic hardware failure when calculating the
  Finished message, it could be calculated incorrectly. This would break
  the security guarantees of the TLS handshake.
  CVE-2025-27810

Bugfix

• When MBEDTLS_SSL_TLS1_3_COMPATIBILITY_MODE is disabled, work with
  peers that have middlebox compatibility enabled, as long as no
  problematic middlebox is in the way. Fixes #9551.
• Fix invalid JSON schemas for driver descriptions used by
  generate_driver_wrappers.py.
• Use 'mbedtls_net_close' instead of 'close' in 'mbedtls_net_bind'
  and 'mbedtls_net_connect' to prevent possible double close fd
  problems. Fixes #9711.
• Fix undefined behavior in some cases when mbedtls_psa_raw_to_der() or
  mbedtls_psa_der_to_raw() is called with bits=0.
• Fix compilation on MS-DOS DJGPP. Fixes #9813.
• Fix missing constraints on the AES-NI inline assembly which is used on
  GCC-like compilers when building AES for generic x86_64 targets. This
  may have resulted in incorrect code with some compilers, depending on
  optimizations. Fixes #9819.
• Support re-assembly of fragmented handshake messages in TLS (both
  1.2 and 1.3). The lack of support was causing handshake failures with
  some servers, especially with TLS 1.3 in practice. There are a few
  limitations, notably a fragmented ClientHello is only supported when
  TLS 1.3 support is enabled. See the documentation of
  mbedtls_ssl_handshake() for details.
• Fix definition of MBEDTLS_PRINTF_SIZET to prevent runtime crashes that
  occurred whenever SSL debugging was enabled on a copy of Mbed TLS built
  with Visual Studio 2013 or MinGW.
  Fixes #10017.
• Remove Everest Visual Studio 2010 compatibility headers, which could
  shadow standard CRT headers inttypes.h and stdbool.h with incomplete
  implementatios if placed on the include path, eg. when building Mbed TLS
  with the .sln file shipped with the project.
• Fix issue where psa_key_derivation_input_integer() is not detecting
  bad state after an operation has been aborted.

Changes

• Improve performance of PSA key generation with ECC keys: it no longer
  computes the public key (which was immediately discarded). Fixes #9732.

Who should update

We recommend all users should update to take advantage of the bug fixes contained in this release at an appropriate point in their development lifecycle.

Note

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Mbed TLS 2.28.10

Description

This release of Mbed TLS provides bug fixes and minor enhancements. This release includes fixes for security issues.

Mbed TLS 2.28.10 is the last release of the 2.28 LTS and won't receive bug fixes or security fixes anymore.
Users are advised to upgrade to a maintained version.

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

• Potential authentication bypass in TLS handshake
• TLS clients should generally call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname

Release Notes

Default behavior changes

• In TLS clients, if mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() has not been called,
  mbedtls_ssl_handshake() now fails with
  MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME
  if certificate-based authentication of the server is attempted.
  This is because authenticating a server without knowing what name
  to expect is usually insecure. To restore the old behavior, either
  call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() with NULL as the hostname, or
  enable the new compile-time option
  MBEDTLS_SSL_CLI_ALLOW_WEAK_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME.
  The content of ssl->hostname after mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname(ssl, NULL)
  has changed, see the documentation of the hostname field in the
  mbedtls_ssl_context struct type for details.

Security

• Note that TLS clients should generally call mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname()
  if they use certificate authentication (i.e. not pre-shared keys).
  Otherwise, in many scenarios, the server could be impersonated.
  The library will now prevent the handshake and return
  MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_CERTIFICATE_VERIFICATION_WITHOUT_HOSTNAME
  if mbedtls_ssl_set_hostname() has not been called.
  CVE-2025-27809
• Zeroize temporary heap buffers used in PSA operations.
• Fix a vulnerability in the TLS 1.2 handshake. If memory allocation failed
  or there was a cryptographic hardware failure when calculating the
  Finished message, it could be calculated incorrectly. This would break
  the security guarantees of the TLS handshake.
  CVE-2025-27810

Bugfix

• Use 'mbedtls_net_close' instead of 'close' in 'mbedtls_net_bind'
  and 'mbedtls_net_connect' to prevent possible double close fd
  problems. Fixes #9711.
• Fix compilation on MS-DOS DJGPP. Fixes #9813.
• Fix missing constraints on the AES-NI inline assembly which is used on
  GCC-like compilers when building AES for generic x86_64 targets. This
  may have resulted in incorrect code with some compilers, depending on
  optimizations. Fixes #9819.
• Fix issue where psa_key_derivation_input_integer() is not detecting
  bad state after an operation has been aborted.
• Fix definition of MBEDTLS_PRINTF_SIZET to prevent runtime crashes that
  occurred whenever SSL debugging was enabled on a copy of Mbed TLS built
  with Visual Studio 2013 or MinGW.
  Fixes #10017.
• Remove Everest Visual Studio 2010 compatibility headers, which could
  shadow standard CRT headers inttypes.h and stdbool.h with incomplete
  implementatios if placed on the include path, eg. when building Mbed TLS
  with the .sln file shipped with the project.

Who should update

We recommend all users should update to take advantage of the bug fixes contained in this release at an appropriate point in their development lifecycle.

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Mbed TLS 3.6.2

Description

This release of Mbed TLS provides the fix for a security vulnerability.

Mbed TLS 3.6 is a long-term support (LTS) branch. It will be supported with bug-fixes and security fixes until at least March 2027.

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

• Buffer underrun in pkwrite when writing an opaque key pair

❕ Release notes are truncated in GitHub's releases page: Please refer to the 3.6.2 release page.

Release Notes

Security

• Fix a buffer underrun in mbedtls_pk_write_key_der() when
  called on an opaque key, MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled,
  and the output buffer is smaller than the actual output.
  Fix a related buffer underrun in mbedtls_pk_write_key_pem()
  when called on an opaque RSA key, MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled
  and MBEDTLS_MPI_MAX_SIZE is smaller than needed for a 4096-bit RSA key.
  CVE-2024-49195

Who should update

We recommend all users should update to take advantage of the bug fixes contained in this release at an appropriate point in their development lifecycle.

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Mbed TLS 3.6.1

Description

This release of Mbed TLS provides bug fixes and minor enhancements. This release includes fixes for security issues.

Mbed TLS 3.6 is a long-term support (LTS) branch. It will be supported with bug-fixes and security fixes until at least March 2027.

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

• CTR_DRBG prioritized over HMAC_DRBG as the PSA DRBG
• Stack buffer overflow in ECDSA signature conversion functions
• Limited authentication bypass in TLS 1.3 optional client authentication

❕ Release notes are truncated in GitHub's releases page: Please refer to the 3.6.1 release page.

Release Notes

API changes

• The experimental functions psa_generate_key_ext() and
  psa_key_derivation_output_key_ext() are no longer declared when compiling
  in C++. This resolves a build failure under C++ compilers that do not
  support flexible array members (a C99 feature not adopted by C++).
  Fixes #9020.

Default behavior changes

• In a PSA-client-only build (i.e. MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT &&
  !MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C), do not automatically enable local crypto when the
  corresponding PSA mechanism is enabled, since the server provides the
  crypto. Fixes #9126.
• A TLS handshake may now call psa_crypto_init() if TLS 1.3 is enabled.
  This can happen even if TLS 1.3 is offered but eventually not selected
  in the protocol version negotiation.
• By default, the handling of TLS 1.3 tickets by the Mbed TLS client is now
  disabled at runtime. Applications that were using TLS 1.3 tickets
  signalled by MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_RECEIVED_NEW_SESSION_TICKET return values now
  need to enable the handling of TLS 1.3 tickets through the new
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_tls13_enable_signal_new_session_tickets() API.

New deprecations

• The experimental functions psa_generate_key_ext() and
  psa_key_derivation_output_key_ext() are deprecated in favor of
  psa_generate_key_custom() and psa_key_derivation_output_key_custom().
  They have almost exactly the same interface, but the variable-length
  data is passed in a separate parameter instead of a flexible array
  member.
• The following cryptographic mechanisms are planned to be removed
  in Mbed TLS 4.0:
  • DES (including 3DES).
  • PKCS#1v1.5 encryption/decryption (RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5).
    (OAEP, PSS, and PKCS#1v1.5 signature are staying.)
  • Finite-field Diffie-Hellman with custom groups.
    (RFC 7919 groups remain supported.)
  • Elliptic curves of size 225 bits or less.
• The following cipher suites are planned to be removed from (D)TLS 1.2
  in Mbed TLS 4.0:
  • TLS_RSA_* (including TLS_RSA_PSK_), i.e. cipher suites using
    RSA decryption.
    (RSA signatures, i.e. TLS_ECDHE_RSA_, are staying.)
  • TLS_ECDH_, i.e. cipher suites using static ECDH.
    (Ephemeral ECDH, i.e. TLS_ECDHE_, is staying.)
  • TLS_DHE_, i.e. cipher suites using finite-field Diffie-Hellman.
    (Ephemeral ECDH, i.e. TLS_ECDHE_, is staying.)
  • TLS_CBC, i.e. all cipher suites using CBC.
• The following low-level application interfaces are planned to be removed
  from the public API in Mbed TLS 4.0:
  • Hashes: hkdf.h, md5.h, ripemd160.h, sha1.h, sha3.h, sha256.h, sha512.h;
  • Random generation: ctr_drbg.h, hmac_drbg.h, entropy.h;
  • Ciphers and modes: aes.h, aria.h, camellia.h, chacha20.h, chachapoly.h,
    cipher.h, cmac.h, gcm.h, poly1305.h;
  • Private key encryption mechanisms: pkcs5.h, pkcs12.h.
  • Asymmetric cryptography: bignum.h, dhm.h, ecdh.h, ecdsa.h, ecjpake.h,
    ecp.h, rsa.h.
    The cryptographic mechanisms remain present, but they will only be
    accessible via the PSA API (psa_xxx functions introduced gradually
    starting with Mbed TLS 2.17) and, where relevant, pk.h.
    For guidance on migrating application code to the PSA API, please consult
    the PSA transition guide (docs/psa-transition.md).
• The following integration interfaces are planned to be removed
  in Mbed TLS 4.0:
  • MBEDTLS_xxx_ALT replacement of cryptographic modules and functions.
    Use PSA transparent drivers instead.
  • MBEDTLS_PK_RSA_ALT and MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_SE_C.
    Use PSA opaque drivers instead.

Features

• When the new compilation option MBEDTLS_PSA_KEY_STORE_DYNAMIC is enabled,
  the number of volatile PSA keys is virtually unlimited, at the expense
  of increased code size. This option is off by default, but enabled in
  the default mbedtls_config.h. Fixes #9216.

Security

• Unlike previously documented, enabling MBEDTLS_PSA_HMAC_DRBG_MD_TYPE does
  not cause the PSA subsystem to use HMAC_DRBG: it uses HMAC_DRBG only when
  MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTERNAL_RNG and MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_C are disabled.
  CVE-2024-45157
• Fix a stack buffer overflow in mbedtls_ecdsa_der_to_raw() and
  mbedtls_ecdsa_raw_to_der() when the bits parameter is larger than the
  largest supported curve. In some configurations with PSA disabled,
  all values of bits are affected. This never happens in internal library
  calls, but can affect applications that call these functions directly.
  CVE-2024-45158
• With TLS 1.3, when a server enables optional authentication of the
  client, if the client-provided certificate does not have appropriate values
  in keyUsage or extKeyUsage extensions, then the return value of
  mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result() would incorrectly have the
  MBEDTLS_X509_BADCERT_KEY_USAGE and MBEDTLS_X509_BADCERT_EXT_KEY_USAGE bits
  clear. As a result, an attacker that had a certificate valid for uses other
  than TLS client authentication could be able to use it for TLS client
  authentication anyway. Only TLS 1.3 servers were affected, and only with
  optional authentication (required would abort the handshake with a fatal
  alert).
  CVE-2024-45159

Bugfix

• Fix TLS 1.3 client build and runtime when support for session tickets is
  disabled (MBEDTLS_SSL_SESSION_TICKETS configuration option). Fixes #6395.
• Fix compilation error when memcpy() is a function-like macros. Fixes #8994.
• MBEDTLS_ASN1_PARSE_C and MBEDTLS_ASN1_WRITE_C are now automatically enabled
  as soon as MBEDTLS_RSA_C is enabled. Fixes #9041.
• Fix undefined behaviour (incrementing a NULL pointer by zero length) when
  passing in zero length additional data to multipart AEAD.
• Fix rare concurrent access bug where attempting to operate on a
  non-existent key while concurrently creating a new key could potentially
  corrupt the key store.
• Fix error handling when creating a key in a dynamic secure element
  (feature enabled by MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_SE_C). In a low memory condition,
  the creation could return PSA_SUCCESS but using or destroying the key
  would not work. Fixes #8537.
• Fix issue of redefinition warning messages for _GNU_SOURCE in
  entropy_poll.c and sha_256.c. There was a build warning during
  building for linux platform.
  Resolves #9026
• Fix a compilation warning in pk.c when PSA is enabled and RSA is disabled.
• Fix the build when MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CONFIG is enabled and the built-in
  CMAC is enabled, but no built-in unauthenticated cipher is enabled.
  Fixes #9209.
• Fix redefinition warnings when SECP192R1 and/or SECP192K1 are disabled.
  Fixes #9029.
• Fix psa_cipher_decrypt() with CCM* rejecting messages less than 3 bytes
  long. Credit to Cryptofuzz. Fixes #9314.
• Fix interference between PSA volatile keys and built-in keys
  when MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_BUILTIN_KEYS is enabled and
  MBEDTLS_PSA_KEY_SLOT_COUNT is more than 4096.
• Document and enforce the limitation of mbedtls_psa_register_se_key()
  to persistent keys. Resolves #9253.
• Fix Clang compilation error when MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled
  but MBEDTLS_DHM_C is disabled. Reported by Michael Schuster in #9188.
• Fix server mode only build when MBEDTLS_SSL_SRV_C is enabled but
  MBEDTLS_SSL_CLI_C is disabled. Reported by M-Bab on GitHub in #9186.
• When MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C was disabled and MBEDTLS_ECDSA_C enabled,
  some code was defining 0-size arrays, resulting in compilation errors.
  Fixed by disabling the offending code in configurations without PSA
  Crypto, where it never worked. Fixes #9311.
• Fix unintended performance regression when using short RSA public keys.
  Fixes #9232.
• Fixes an issue where some TLS 1.2 clients could not connect to an
  Mbed TLS 3.6.0 server, due to incorrect handling of
  legacy_compression_methods in the ClientHello.
  Fixes #8995, #9243.
• Fix TLS connections failing when the handshake selects TLS 1.3
  in an application that does not call psa_crypto_init().
  Fixes #9072.
• Fix TLS connection failure in applications using an Mbed TLS client in
  the default configuration connecting to a TLS 1.3 server sending tickets.
  See the documentation of
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_tls13_enable_signal_new_session_tickets() for more
  information.
  Fixes #8749.
• Fix a memory leak that could occur when failing to process an RSA
  key through some PSA functions due to low memory conditions.
• Fixed a regression introduced in 3.6.0 where the CA callback set with
  mbedtls_ssl_conf_ca_cb() would stop working when connections were...

Mbed TLS 2.28.9

Description

This release of Mbed TLS provides bug fixes and minor enhancements. This release includes fixes for security issues.

Mbed TLS 2.28 is a long-time support branch. It will be supported with bug-fixes and security fixes until end of 2024.

Security Advisories

For full details, please see the following links:

• CTR_DRBG prioritized over HMAC_DRBG as the PSA DRBG

Release Notes

Security

• Unlike previously documented, enabling MBEDTLS_PSA_HMAC_DRBG_MD_TYPE does
  not cause the PSA subsystem to use HMAC_DRBG: it uses HMAC_DRBG only when
  MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTERNAL_RNG and MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_C are disabled.
  CVE-2024-45157

Bugfix

• Fix the build in some configurations when check_config.h is not included.
  Fix #9152.
• Fix issue of redefinition warning messages for _GNU_SOURCE in
  entropy_poll.c and sha_256.c. There was a build warning during
  building for linux platform.
  Resolves #9026
• Fix error handling when creating a key in a dynamic secure element
  (feature enabled by MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_SE_C). In a low memory condition,
  the creation could return PSA_SUCCESS but using or destroying the key
  would not work. Fixes #8537.
• Fix a memory leak that could occur when failing to process an RSA
  key through some PSA functions due to low memory conditions.
• Document and enforce the limitation of mbedtls_psa_register_se_key()
  to persistent keys. Resolves #9253.

Who should update

We recommend all users should update to take advantage of the bug fixes contained in this release at an appropriate point in their development lifecycle.

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