CVE-2026-5500

EUVD-2026-21293
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 23%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
wolfsslwolfssl
𝑥
≤ 5.9.0
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