Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value Affecting wolfssl/wolfssl package, versions [,5.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSL-15990546
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed10 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-5504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-354  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfssl/wolfssl to version 5.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value via the PKCS7 CBC decryption process. An attacker can recover plaintext data by sending repeated decryption queries with modified ciphertext, exploiting improper validation of interior padding bytes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1