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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-5500

Improper Validation of AES-GCM Authentication Tag Length in PKCS#7 Envelope Allows Authentication Bypass

Description

wolfSSL's wc_PKCS7_DecodeAuthEnvelopedData() does not properly sanitize the AES-GCM authentication tag length received and has no lower bounds check. A man-in-the-middle can therefore truncate the mac field from 16 bytes to 1 byte, reducing the tag check from 2⁻¹²⁸ to 2⁻⁸.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

wolfSSL wolfSSL

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 5.9.0affected

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