CVE-2026-78131 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
mitre	CNA	3.7 LOW	NETWORK	HIGH	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 13.29%

Early Detection

Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.

Vendor	Product	Version	Source
strongswan	strongswan	4.2.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.1.0	CNA

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

strongswan

bookworm	vulnerable
bookworm (security)	vulnerable
forky	vulnerable
sid	6.1.0-2 fixed
trixie	vulnerable
trixie (security)	6.0.1-6+deb13u7 fixed

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

strongswan

bionic	needs-triage
focal	needs-triage
jammy	needs-triage
noble	needs-triage
resolute	needs-triage
trusty	needs-triage
xenial	needs-triage

openSUSE / SLES Releases

openSUSE Product

Release

strongswan

suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed

strongswan-doc

suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed

strongswan-hmac

suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed

strongswan-ipsec

suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed

strongswan-libs0

suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7	5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 fixed

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

Vulnerability Media Exposure

[GERMAN] strongSwan: Mehrere Schwachstellen
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in strongSwan ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Informationen offenzulegen und Code auszuführen.
Published: 2026-09-07T22:00:00+00:00

References

https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0

https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78131).html