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CVE-2026-43823

HIGH Exploitation: PoC
7.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
When initializing an RSA public key from DER or PEM bytes throws an error, the EVP_PKEY* is double-freed: first in the catch block, then in the deinit. This can lead to a crash on future memory allocations. This double-free manifests when BoringSSL cannot decode the public key from the bytes provided. This vulnerability is addressed in swift-crypto version 4.5.1.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-43823
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apple
Reserved
2026-05-01 22:46 UTC
Published
2026-07-23 14:33 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-23 18:12 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-415
CWE-415 Double Free
Vendor / Product
Apple / swift-crypto
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Apple swift-crypto 0 < 4.5.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
cna When initializing an RSA public key from DER or PEM bytes throws an error, the EVP_PKEY* is double-freed: first in the catch block, then in the deinit. This can lead to a crash on future memory allocations. This double-free manifests when BoringSSL cannot decode the public key from the bytes provided.
CWE-415 adp CWE-415 Double Free
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
7.5 HIGH 3.1 adp CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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