Patch Package: OTP 28.4.2
Git Tag: OTP-28.4.2
Date: 2026-04-07
Trouble Report Id: OTP-19506, OTP-19889, OTP-19931, OTP-20027,
OTP-20037, OTP-20042, OTP-20044, OTP-20046,
OTP-20047, OTP-20049, OTP-20050, OTP-20052,
OTP-20053, OTP-20056, OTP-20060, OTP-20064,
OTP-20065, OTP-20068
Seq num: CVE-2026-28810, CVE-2026-32144, ERIERL-1310,
ERIERL-1311, ERIERL-1312, GH-10454, GH-10562,
GH-10606, GH-10785, GH-10876, GH-10901,
GH-7156, GH-9476, PR-10456, PR-10569,
PR-10620, PR-10788, PR-10864, PR-10866,
PR-10867, PR-10873, PR-10874, PR-10889,
PR-10893, PR-10899, PR-10904, PR-10906,
PR-10911, PR-10941, PR-9481
System: OTP
Release: 28
Application: compiler-9.0.6, erts-16.3.1, eunit-2.10.3,
inets-9.6.2, kernel-10.6.2,
public_key-1.20.3, sasl-4.3.2, snmp-5.20.2,
ssl-11.5.4
Predecessor: OTP 28.4.1
Check out the git tag OTP-28.4.2, and build a full OTP system including
documentation. Apply one or more applications from this build as patches to your
installation using the ‘otp_patch_apply’ tool. For information on install
requirements, see descriptions for each application version below.
POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITIES
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When OCSP stapling is enabled via the {stapling, staple} or {stapling,
#{…}} options, the handshake now fails if the server does not provide an
OCSP stapled response.
Previously, a missing OCSP staple was silently accepted (soft-fail). Since
Erlang/OTP only supports OCSP via stapling with no fallback to direct OCSP
queries or CRL checking, soft-fail meant no revocation check at all.
Applications that need the previous soft-fail behavior can use a custom
verify_fun that accepts {bad_cert, missing_ocsp_staple}.
Own Id: OTP-20064
Application(s): ssl
Related Id(s): PR-10941, CVE-2026-32144
compiler-9.0.6
The compiler-9.0.6 application can be applied independently of other
applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
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The type inference for maps:from_list/1 was incorrect: when the provided
list was statically known to be bogus when non-empty (e.g. a list of atoms),
the compiler assumed it would also fail when the list was empty.
Own Id: OTP-19506
Related Id(s): GH-9476, PR-9481
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Fixed a bug in the type analysis pass that could erroneously eliminate code
blocks.
Own Id: OTP-19931
Related Id(s): GH-10562, PR-10569
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A binary as the value of a -moduledoc() attribute would be silently ignored.
Own Id: OTP-20065
Related Id(s): GH-10901, PR-10904
Full runtime dependencies of compiler-9.0.6
crypto-5.1, erts-13.0, kernel-8.4, stdlib-6.0
erts-16.3.1
The erts-16.3.1 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Fixed a JIT bug that miscompiled expressions like X * X + X * X.
Own Id: OTP-19889
Related Id(s): GH-10454, PR-10456
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Fixed bug on windows that made tools dialyzer, erlc and typer unusable in
powershell or cmd.exe, when there are spaces in the installation path.
Own Id: OTP-20027
Related Id(s): PR-10620
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Fixed a bug with prim_tty that could occur on windows if we cannot get the
console mode, mark the TTY as unavailable. This can happen when the input
handle is a pipe, but the output handle is a console.
Own Id: OTP-20060
Related Id(s): PR-10899
Full runtime dependencies of erts-16.3.1
kernel-9.0, sasl-3.3, stdlib-4.1
eunit-2.10.3
The eunit-2.10.3 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Fixed EUnit {node, …} instantiation by passing node name (instead of pid)
and restored net_kernel auto-start for non-distributed nodes.
Own Id: OTP-20047
Related Id(s): PR-10788
Full runtime dependencies of eunit-2.10.3
erts-9.0, kernel-8.3, stdlib-6.0
inets-9.6.2
The inets-9.6.2 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
Improvements and New Features
-
Fixed typo in http_server.md guide
Own Id: OTP-20044
Related Id(s): GH-10785, PR-10867
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Expected error accept_socket_timeout in httpd_request_handler now exits
gracefully, without generating a crash and supervisor reports.
Own Id: OTP-20052
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1310, PR-10893
Full runtime dependencies of inets-9.6.2
erts-14.0, kernel-9.0, mnesia-4.12, public_key-1.13, runtime_tools-1.8.14,
ssl-9.0, stdlib-5.0, stdlib-6.0
kernel-10.6.2
The kernel-10.6.2 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
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Before this patch, the Erlang/OTP built-in DNS resolver (inet_res) used a
sequential, process-global 16-bit transaction ID for UDP queries and did not
implement source port randomization. Response validation relied almost
entirely on this ID. Together, this made DNS cache poisoning practical for an
attacker who can observe one query or predict the next ID. The design
conflicted with RFC 5452 recommendations for mitigating forged DNS answers.
inet_res is intended for use in trusted network environments and with
trusted recursive resolvers. Earlier documentation did not clearly state this
deployment assumption, which could lead users to deploy the resolver in
environments where faked DNS responses are possible.
Therefore, the documentation is been updated to clarify that inet_res should
only be used in trusted networks and with trusted recursive resolvers.
The implementation is also improved to use strong random DNS transaction IDs
and source ports for every DNS transaction. This should give ample protection
against brute forcing fake DNS replies, known as DNS cache poisoning, but it
still does not protect against, for example, an adversary in the path of the
DNS transaction that can observe the random values before faking malicious
replies, an attack known as DNS spoofing.
For randomization to happen, the Crypto application has to be loaded, which
most probably already should be the case for an Erlang node in an exposed
network.
If performance should become an issue, for applications within safe network
environments, the previous light weight behaviour can be configured by setting
the resolver option random to false.
Own Id: OTP-20037
Related Id(s): PR-10864, CVE-2026-28810
Full runtime dependencies of kernel-10.6.2
crypto-5.0, erts-15.2.5, sasl-3.0, stdlib-7.0
public_key-1.20.3
Note! The public_key-1.20.3 application cannot be applied independently of
other applications on an arbitrary OTP 28 installation.
On a full OTP 28 installation, also the following runtime
dependency has to be satisfied:
-- crypto-5.8 (first satisfied in OTP 28.3)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
OCSP designated responder certificate verification now checks the CA’s
cryptographic signature on the responder certificate. Previously, only the
issuer DN match and id-kp-OCSPSigning EKU were verified, which meant a forged
self-signed certificate with the CA’s subject DN would be accepted as a valid
designated responder (Case 2 in RFC 6960 §4.2.2.2).
Own Id: OTP-20042
Related Id(s): PR-10873, CVE-2026-32144
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Update handling of encoding ‘OTPSubjectPublicKeyInfo’ in
public_key:pkix_encode/3, so that it works for update spec added in OTP-28.
Own Id: OTP-20050
Related Id(s): GH-10876, PR-10889
Improvements and New Features
-
Relax upper bound of common names in certificates for pragmatic
interoperability reasons.
Own Id: OTP-20049
Related Id(s): GH-10606, PR-10866
Full runtime dependencies of public_key-1.20.3
asn1-5.0, crypto-5.8, erts-13.0, kernel-8.0, stdlib-4.0
sasl-4.3.2
The sasl-4.3.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on
a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
Full runtime dependencies of sasl-4.3.2
erts-15.0, kernel-6.0, stdlib-4.0, tools-2.6.14
snmp-5.20.2
The snmp-5.20.2 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.
Improvements and New Features
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The SNMP manager now propagates msgAuthoritativeEngineID and msgUserName
from USM security parameters through to the snmpm_user:handle_error/3
callback when an incoming message is discarded due to an unknown EngineID
(usmStatsUnknownEngineIDs).
This enables users to programmatically discover the correct authoritative
EngineID from the error callback and re-register USM credentials, supporting
SNMPv3 USM EngineID discovery as described in RFC 3414, Section 4. The
failed_processing_message variant has been added to the
snmpm:user:handle_error/3 callback type specification.
Own Id: OTP-20056
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1312, GH-7156, PR-10911
Full runtime dependencies of snmp-5.20.2
asn1-5.4, crypto-4.6, erts-12.0, kernel-8.0, mnesia-4.12,
runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-5.0
ssl-11.5.4
Note! The ssl-11.5.4 application cannot be applied independently of other
applications on an arbitrary OTP 28 installation.
On a full OTP 28 installation, also the following runtime
dependencies have to be satisfied:
-- crypto-5.8 (first satisfied in OTP 28.3)
-- public_key-1.20.3 (first satisfied in OTP 28.4.2)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Server supporting TLS-1.3 and TLS-1.2, with SLH-DSA algorithms for TLS-1.3,
now correctly filter out those algorithms if client is TLS-1.2 only, instead
of failing with internal error.
Own Id: OTP-20046
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1311, PR-10874
-
When OCSP stapling is enabled via the {stapling, staple} or {stapling,
#{…}} options, the handshake now fails if the server does not provide an
OCSP stapled response.
Previously, a missing OCSP staple was silently accepted (soft-fail). Since
Erlang/OTP only supports OCSP via stapling with no fallback to direct OCSP
queries or CRL checking, soft-fail meant no revocation check at all.
Applications that need the previous soft-fail behavior can use a custom
verify_fun that accepts {bad_cert, missing_ocsp_staple}.
Own Id: OTP-20064
Related Id(s): PR-10941, CVE-2026-32144
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
Full runtime dependencies of ssl-11.5.4
crypto-5.8, erts-16.0, inets-5.10.7, kernel-10.3, public_key-1.20.3,
runtime_tools-1.15.1, stdlib-7.0
Thanks to
Linus Marton, williamthome
