Information Exposure Affecting wolfssl/wolfssl package, versions [,5.9.0-stable)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSL-15762316
  • published24 Mar 2026
  • disclosed19 Mar 2026
  • creditWind Wong

Introduced: 19 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-3580  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (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 Information Exposure in the sp_256_get_entry_256_9 function when compiled for RISC-V RV32I with GCC using the -O3 optimization flag. An attacker can recover secret keys by performing timing analysis on the side-channel leakage introduced by compiler optimizations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1