X.509 name constraint bypass via Subject CN treated as a DNS name (wolfSSL wolfSSL)

CVE-2026-6731
MEDIUM 6.0

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % Β· percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
wolfSSL
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

X.509 name constraint bypass via the Subject Common Name when treated as a DNS-type name. A certificate whose Subject CN violates an issuing CA's DNS name constraints could be accepted.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-295 β€” Improper Certificate Validation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NwolfSSL
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/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 Β· 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 Β· nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
wolfSSL Β· wolfSSLaffected 3.9.10 ≀ 5.9.1

Sources

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