NSS 3.117 release notes

Introduction

Network Security Services (NSS) 3.117 was released on 3 October 2025*.

Distribution Information

The HG tag is NSS_3_117_RTM. NSS 3.117 requires NSPR 4.37 or newer.

NSS 3.117 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download:

Other releases are available Release Notes.

Changes in NSS 3.117

  • Bug 1992218 - fix memory leak in secasn1decode_unittest.cc.

  • Bug 1988913 - Add OISTE roots.

  • Bug 1976051 - Add runbook for certdata.txt changes.

  • Bug 1991666 - dbtool: close databases before shutdown.

  • Bug 1988046 - SEC_ASN1Decode* should ensure it has read as many bytes as each length field indicates.

  • Bug 1956754 - don’t flush base64 when buffer is null.

  • Bug 1989541 - Set use_pkcs5_pbkd2_params2_only=1 for fuzzing builds.

  • Bug 1989480 - mozilla::pkix: recognize the qcStatements extension for QWACs.

  • Bug 1980465 - Fix a big-endian-problematic cast in zlib calls.

  • Bug 1962321 - Revert removing out/ directory after ossfuzz build.

  • Bug 1988524 - Add Cryptofuzz to OSS-Fuzz build.

  • Bug 1984704 - Add PKCS#11 trust tests.

  • Bug 1983308 - final disable dsa patch cert.sh.

  • Bug 1983320 - ml-dsa: move tls 1.3 to use streaming signatures.

  • Bug 1983320 - ml-dsa: Prep Create a FindOidTagByString function.

  • Bug 1983320 - ml-dsa: softoken changes.

  • Bug 1983320 - ml-dsa: der key decode.

  • Bug 1983320 - ml-dsa: Prep colapse the overuse of keyType outside of pk11wrap and cryptohi.

  • Bug 1983320 - ml-dsa: Prep Create a CreateSignatureAlgorithmID function.