crypto.X509Certificate.toLegacyObject doesn't propagate internal OpenSSL errors

Version

v25.9.0

Platform

Linux 749dbb0e74fd 6.8.0-106-generic #106-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  6 07:58:08 UTC 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Subsystem

crypto

What steps will reproduce the bug?

For context, consider this JavaScript code as an illustrative example:

const { X509Certificate } = require('crypto');
const fs = require('fs');
console.log((new X509Certificate(fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/x509-escaping/alt-28-cert.pem'))).toLegacyObject());

Various values are fetched from a certificate to put into an object here:

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/6009d937f515e7a6f2216b80993b4c464d1d3f42/src/crypto/crypto_x509.cc#L774-L794

Various of these functions can actually fail internally in OpenSSL, but this isn't propagated via an exception. So it is impossible to distinguish between a certificate that doesn't have a certain value or a failure.
For example, a failure somewhere in this code for example will cause the absence of the subjectaltname property of the returned object:

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/6009d937f515e7a6f2216b80993b4c464d1d3f42/deps/ncrypto/ncrypto.cc#L1086-L1097

More specifically, our testing framework reported these concerns specifically for the following OpenSSL calls that can fail:

`OBJ_obj2nid` via `ncrypto::X509Name::Iterator::operator*[abi:cxx11]() const+0x5ad` with return value `0`
`BN_bn2hex` via `ncrypto::BignumPointer::toHex() const+0x58` with return value `0`
`ASN1_INTEGER_to_BN` via `ncrypto::X509View::getSerialNumber() const+0x180` with return value `0`
`BIO_new` via `ncrypto::X509View::getInfoAccess() const+0x14f` with return value `0`
`BIO_new` via `ncrypto::X509View::getValidFrom() const+0x14f` with return value `0`
`BIO_new` via `ncrypto::X509View::getSubjectAltName() const+0x14f` with return value `0`
`BIO_new` via `ncrypto::X509View::getValidTo() const+0x14f` with return value `0`
`X509_get_ext_by_NID` via `ncrypto::X509View::getInfoAccess() const+0x1bd` with return value `0`
`X509_get_ext_by_NID` via `ncrypto::X509View::getSubjectAltName() const+0x1bd` with return value `0`
`i2d_X509_bio` via `ncrypto::X509View::toDER() const+0x1c4` with return value `0`
`ASN1_TIME_print` via `ncrypto::X509View::getValidFrom() const+0x1cc`  with return value `0`
`ASN1_TIME_print` via `ncrypto::X509View::getValidTo() const+0x1cc`  with return value `0`

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

When an allocation failure happens or unspecified other type of failure happens inside OpenSSL, it will reproduce.

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

I would expect an exception at least in the case of an internal OpenSSL failure.

What do you see instead?

The property will not be added to the object, making it impossible to detect whether a property is absent from the certificate or if there was an internal error in OpenSSL.

Additional information

Found by an experimental static-hybrid analyzer I'm working on.

Inizia con le righe 774-794 di src/crypto/crypto_x509.cc e le righe 1086-1097 di deps/ncrypto/ncrypto.cc, quindi esamina le chiamate OpenSSL elencate e la relativa gestione degli errori. Riproduci il problema con l’esempio X509Certificate e test/fixtures/x509-escaping/alt-28-cert.pem. Il lavoro è completato quando gli errori interni di OpenSSL possono essere distinti dalle proprietà del certificato assenti tramite un’eccezione.