X.509 trust-chain bypass via path-depth exhaustion in wolfSSL_X509_verify_cert() (wolfSSL wolfSSL)

CVE-2026-11999
HIGH 8.2

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.23 % · centile 14 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
wolfSSL
Statut NVD
Analyzed

Description

X.509 trust-chain bypass (path-depth exhaustion) in the OpenSSL compatibility certificate verifier (wolfSSL_X509_verify_cert()). This affects only builds with --enable-opensslextra whose application calls X509_verify_cert() with caller-supplied untrusted intermediates; for those users it is critical, otherwise the library is unaffected. Native wolfSSL TLS/DTLS usage is not impacted. X509_verify_cert() returned success based only on the last verified link rather than on reaching a trust anchor: when the supplied chain is deeper than the verifier's maximum path depth (default 100), path building runs out of depth while still walking untrusted intermediates and the chain is accepted even though it never reaches a configured trust anchor, allowing acceptance of an attacker-controlled certificate. The default TLS handshake (WOLFSSL_VERIFY_PEER) is not affected; only applications doing manual or deferred verification through this API are.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-295 — Validation incorrecte de certificat

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NwolfSSL
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · facts@wolfssl.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
wolfSSL · wolfSSLaffected 5.7.4 ≤ 5.9.1

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD