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CVE-2026-55961

HIGH
8.2
CVSS 4.0
Description
wolfSSL_PKCS7_verify() returning success for a degenerate (certs-only) PKCS#7 object that contains no signer. Such an object has empty signerInfos, so the underlying signed-data verification succeeds without authenticating any content. The compatibility-layer verify path now rejects the object when no signer signature has actually been verified, so a PKCS#7 carrying no valid signature is no longer reported as verified. This is enforced regardless of the PKCS7_NOVERIFY flag, which only suppresses signer certificate chain validation and was never intended to waive the requirement that a signature exist. Only affects OpenSSL compatibility builds that call the PKCS7_verify() compatibility API on potentially degenerate PKCS#7 bundles.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-55961
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
wolfSSL
Reserved
2026-06-17 22:10 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 16:51 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 17:57 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-347
CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
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
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
wolfSSL wolfSSL 3.15.7 ≤ 5.9.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-347 cna CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
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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