CVE-2026-5479

EUVD-2026-21292
In wolfSSL's EVP layer, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD decryption path in wolfSSL_EVP_CipherFinal (and related EVP cipher finalization functions) fails to verify the authentication tag before returning plaintext to the caller. When an application uses the EVP API to perform ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption, the implementation computes or accepts the tag but does not compare it against the expected value.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
8.1 HIGH
ADJACENT_NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
wolfsslwolfssl
𝑥
< 5.9.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
wolfssl
bookworm
no-dsa
bullseye
postponed
forky
5.9.1-0.1
fixed
sid
5.9.1-0.1
fixed
trixie
no-dsa
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
wolfssl
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
questing
needs-triage
resolute
needs-triage
xenial
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10102