| ID |
CVE-2026-5501
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| Sažetak |
wolfSSL_X509_verify_cert in the OpenSSL compatibility layer accepts a certificate chain in which the leaf's signature is not checked, if the attacker supplies an untrusted intermediate with Basic Constraints `CA:FALSE` that is legitimately signed by a trusted root. An attacker who obtains any leaf certificate from a trusted CA (e.g. a free DV cert from Let's Encrypt) can forge a certificate for any subject name with any public key and arbitrary signature bytes, and the function returns `WOLFSSL_SUCCESS` / `X509_V_OK`. The native wolfSSL TLS handshake path (`ProcessPeerCerts`) is not susceptible and the issue is limited to applications using the OpenSSL compatibility API directly, which would include integrations of wolfSSL into nginx and haproxy. |
| Reference |
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 0.0 |
| Impact: | None |
| Exploitability: | None |
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| Pristup |
| Vektor | Složenost | Autentikacija |
| None |
None |
None |
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| Impact |
| Povjerljivost | Cjelovitost | Dostupnost |
| None |
None |
None |
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| CVSS vektor |
None |
| Zadnje važnije ažuriranje |
13-04-2026 - 15:02 |
| Objavljeno |
10-04-2026 - 04:17 |
