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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-5500
Name
CVE-2026-5500
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
wolfSSL's wc_PKCS7_DecodeAuthEnvelopedData() does not properly sanitize the AES-GCM authentication tag length received and has no lower bounds check. A man-in-the-middle can therefore truncate the mac field from 16 bytes to 1 byte, reducing the tag check from 2⁻¹²⁸ to 2⁻⁸.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
wolfssl
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


8.7
CVSSv4
5.9
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
5.9.1
Not Affected
buildroot
master
5.9.1
Not Affected
openwrt
master
5.9.1-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
5.9.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
kirkstone
5.2.0
Exploitable
yocto
master
5.9.1
Not Affected