--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static void ngx_ssl_session_rbtree_inser
 static int ngx_ssl_session_ticket_key_callback(ngx_ssl_conn_t *ssl_conn,
     unsigned char *name, unsigned char *iv, EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ectx,
     HMAC_CTX *hctx, int enc);
+static void ngx_ssl_session_ticket_keys_cleanup(void *data);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef X509_CHECK_FLAG_ALWAYS_CHECK_SUBJECT
@@ -3455,6 +3456,7 @@ ngx_ssl_session_ticket_keys(ngx_conf_t *
     ngx_uint_t                     i;
     ngx_array_t                   *keys;
     ngx_file_info_t                fi;
+    ngx_pool_cleanup_t            *cln;
     ngx_ssl_session_ticket_key_t  *key;
 
     if (paths == NULL) {
@@ -3467,6 +3469,14 @@ ngx_ssl_session_ticket_keys(ngx_conf_t *
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
+    cln = ngx_pool_cleanup_add(cf->pool, 0);
+    if (cln == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    cln->handler = ngx_ssl_session_ticket_keys_cleanup;
+    cln->data = keys;
+
     path = paths->elts;
     for (i = 0; i < paths->nelts; i++) {
 
@@ -3538,6 +3548,8 @@ ngx_ssl_session_ticket_keys(ngx_conf_t *
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cf->log, ngx_errno,
                           ngx_close_file_n " \"%V\" failed", &file.name);
         }
+
+        ngx_explicit_memzero(&buf, 80);
     }
 
     if (SSL_CTX_set_ex_data(ssl->ctx, ngx_ssl_session_ticket_keys_index, keys)
@@ -3568,6 +3580,8 @@ failed:
                       ngx_close_file_n " \"%V\" failed", &file.name);
     }
 
+    ngx_explicit_memzero(&buf, 80);
+
     return NGX_ERROR;
 }
 
@@ -3696,6 +3710,16 @@ ngx_ssl_session_ticket_key_callback(ngx_
     }
 }
 
+
+static void
+ngx_ssl_session_ticket_keys_cleanup(void *data)
+{
+    ngx_array_t  *keys = data;
+
+    ngx_explicit_memzero(keys->elts,
+                         keys->nelts * sizeof(ngx_ssl_session_ticket_key_t));
+}
+
 #else
 
 ngx_int_t