CVE-2026-55960 Affecting wolfssl package, versions <5.9.2-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WOLFSSL-17547456
  • published26 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-55960  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wolfssl to version 5.9.2-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Un-negotiated Raw Public Key (RFC 7250) accepted in place of an X.509 certificate, bypassing chain validation. A raw public key has no chain, so ParseCertRelative() accepts it without performing any trust verification; it must therefore only be accepted when RPK was actually negotiated for that peer. The check now defaults the expected type to X.509 (per RFC 7250/8446) when no type was negotiated, comparing against the received server certificate type on the client and the selected client certificate type on the server, and rejects any mismatch, including an un-negotiated raw public key, with UNSUPPORTED_CERTIFICATE. Only affects builds with Raw Public Key support (HAVE_RPK) enabled - disabled by default in a standalone build, but included in --enable-all.