Improper Input Validation Affecting wolfssl package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-WOLFSSL-15990747
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed10 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-5500  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper validation of the AES-GCM authentication tag length in the wc_PKCS7_DecodeAuthEnvelopedData function. An attacker can bypass authentication by truncating the authentication tag, significantly reducing the cryptographic strength of the tag verification process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1