Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) Affecting wolfssl/wolfssl package, versions [,5.9.0-stable)
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- published24 Mar 2026
- disclosed19 Mar 2026
- creditHariprasad Kelassery Valsaraj
Introduced: 19 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-3503 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade wolfssl/wolfssl to version 5.9.0-stable or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) via induced transient faults in the Keccak-based expansion process. An attacker can compromise key material and cryptographic outcomes by physically manipulating seed or pointer values during cryptographic operations on ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers.