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CVE-2026-55960

HIGH
8.2
CVSS 4.0
Description
Un-negotiated Raw Public Key (RFC 7250) accepted in place of an X.509 certificate, bypassing chain validation. A raw public key has no chain, so ParseCertRelative() accepts it without performing any trust verification; it must therefore only be accepted when RPK was actually negotiated for that peer. The check now defaults the expected type to X.509 (per RFC 7250/8446) when no type was negotiated, comparing against the received server certificate type on the client and the selected client certificate type on the server, and rejects any mismatch, including an un-negotiated raw public key, with UNSUPPORTED_CERTIFICATE. Only affects builds with Raw Public Key support (HAVE_RPK) enabled - disabled by default in a standalone build, but included in --enable-all.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-55960
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
wolfSSL
Reserved
2026-06-17 22:10 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 19:31 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 19:31 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-295
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
Vendor / Product
wolfSSL / wolfSSL
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.2 HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
wolfSSL wolfSSL 5.6.4 ≤ 5.9.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-295 cna CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.2 HIGH 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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