Vulnerability · Published Jun 25, 2026 · Assigned by wolfSSL

CVE-2026-6094Heap buffer overread in wc_PKCS7_DecodeEnvelopedData parsing crafted PKCS7 EnvelopedData

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in wolfSSL from wolfSSL. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Heap buffer overread in wc_PKCS7_DecodeEnvelopedData when parsing crafted PKCS7 EnvelopedData. This could theoretically be triggered by attacker-supplied data delivered via S/MIME or CMS.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.24wolfssl5.9.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-6094
Debian:12wolfssl5.5.4-2+deb12u3DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6094
Debian:13wolfssl5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-6094
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-6094
Ubuntu:25.10wolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-6094
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-6094
Ubuntu:26.10wolfsslno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-6094

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
wolfSSL wolfSSL 5.8.0 – through 5.9.1

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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