1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_ciph.c b/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
index 051674f26393..c9a3d9b55a51 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 1995-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 1995-2026 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2002, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved
  * Copyright 2005 Nokia. All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -1291,6 +1291,10 @@ static int ciphersuite_cb(const char *elem, int len, void *arg)
     /* Arbitrary sized temp buffer for the cipher name. Should be big enough */
     char name[80];
 
+    /* CONF_parse_list signals empty elements with elem == NULL; skip them */
+    if (elem == NULL || len == 0)
+        return 1;
+
     if (len > (int)(sizeof(name) - 1))
         /* Anyway return 1 so we can parse rest of the list */
         return 1;