new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From fdedba031bf1ad6a80c61b1aec1418d1a87ae296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vadim Zhestikov <v.zhestikov@f5.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:48:37 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] SSL: synced all session ticket keys to the worker process
+
+The per-worker ticket key mirror is allocated with three slots
+(ngx_array_push_n(keys, 3)), matching the shared memory
+ticket_keys[3] array and the decrypt callback, which scans all
+keys->nelts slots by key name. Key rotation, however, synced
+only two slots from shared memory, leaving the third slot's
+name, hmac_key, and aes_key uninitialized.
+
+A ticket whose key name matched the uninitialized slot (which
+holds unspecified pool memory, all zero in the best case) could
+therefore be HMAC-verified and decrypted with uninitialized key
+material, allowing a forged session.
+
+Sync all keys->nelts slots, as ngx_ssl_ticket_keys_cleanup()
+already assumes.
+
+Reported by PhiNode Labs.
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-97629
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/fdedba031bf1ad6a80c61b1aec1418d1a87ae296]
+
+Signed-off-by: Hetvi Thakar <hthakar@cisco.com>
+---
+ src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+index 1653be0c34..bb6e04313f 100644
+--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
++++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+@@ -5195,7 +5195,7 @@ ngx_ssl_rotate_ticket_keys(SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx, ngx_log_t *log)
+ /* sync keys to the worker process memory */
+
+ ngx_memcpy(keys->elts, cache->ticket_keys,
+- 2 * sizeof(ngx_ssl_ticket_key_t));
++ keys->nelts * sizeof(ngx_ssl_ticket_key_t));
+
+ ngx_shmtx_unlock(&shpool->mutex);
+
+--
+2.35.6
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI:append = " \
file://CVE-2026-42533_p5.patch \
file://CVE-2026-56434.patch \
file://CVE-2026-95101.patch \
+ file://CVE-2026-97629.patch \
"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3dc49537b08b14c8b66ad247bb4c4593"
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI:append = " \
file://CVE-2026-42533_p5.patch \
file://CVE-2026-56434.patch \
file://CVE-2026-95101.patch \
+ file://CVE-2026-97629.patch \
"
# 1.28.x branch is the current stable branch, the recommended default