CVE-2026-4395 Affecting wolfssl package, versions <5.9.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-WOLFSSL-17037480
  • published29 May 2026
  • disclosed19 Mar 2026

Introduced: 19 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-4395  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 wolfssl to version 5.9.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wolfssl package and not the wolfssl package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the KCAPI ECC code path of wc_ecc_import_x963_ex() in wolfSSL wolfcrypt allows a remote attacker to write attacker-controlled data past the bounds of the pubkey_raw buffer via a crafted oversized EC public key point. The WOLFSSL_KCAPI_ECC code path copies the input to key->pubkey_raw (132 bytes) using XMEMCPY without a bounds check, unlike the ATECC code path which includes a length validation. This can be triggered during TLS key exchange when a malicious peer sends a crafted ECPoint in ServerKeyExchange.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1