On November 1, 2022, OpenSSL released a security advisory describing two high severity vulnerabilities within the OpenSSL library (CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602). OpenSSL versions from 3.0.0 – 3.0.6 are vulnerable, with 3.0.7 containing the patch for both vulnerabilities. OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.
In the days leading up to the security advisory, many were saying these vulnerabilities had the potential to be as bad as the Heartbleed vulnerability, and even OpenSSL originally stated that CVE-2022-3602 was going to be rated critical. Several factors seem to indicate that these vulnerabilities will not be easy to exploit and pose much less risk than originally thought.
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Source: Palo Alto Unit 42