Use After Free Affecting wolfssl/wolfssl package, versions [,5.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSL-15990733
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed10 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-5460  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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 Use After Free in the error handling path of the TLSX_KeyShare_ProcessPqcHybridClient process. An attacker can cause memory corruption or potentially execute arbitrary code by triggering an error during post-quantum cryptography hybrid KeyShare processing, leading to operations on already-freed heap memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1