CVE-2026-55961

EUVD-2026-39491
wolfSSL_PKCS7_verify() returning success for a degenerate (certs-only) PKCS#7 object that contains no signer. Such an object has empty signerInfos, so the underlying signed-data verification succeeds without authenticating any content. The compatibility-layer verify path now rejects the object when no signer signature has actually been verified, so a PKCS#7 carrying no valid signature is no longer reported as verified. This is enforced regardless of the PKCS7_NOVERIFY flag, which only suppresses signer certificate chain validation and was never intended to waive the requirement that a signature exist. Only affects OpenSSL compatibility builds that call the PKCS7_verify() compatibility API on potentially degenerate PKCS#7 bundles.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
wolfSSLCNA
8.2 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
wolfsslwolfssl
3.15.7 ≤
𝑥
≤ 5.9.1
CNA
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Debian Product
Codename
wolfssl
bookworm
vulnerable
bullseye
vulnerable
forky
vulnerable
sid
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable