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CVE-2026-78124· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 allows PKCS#7 certificate enumeration in the openssl plugin that leads to a lack of release of memory after i

strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 allows PKCS#7 certificate enumeration in the openssl plugin that leads to a lack of release of memory after its effective lifetime.

LowCVSS 3.7 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Updated
Sep 14, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 8th percentile
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Action score

14

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
14 / 40 · 3.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · mitre
3.7
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Affected systems

VendorProduct
strongswanstrongswan

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • strongswan strongswan5.0.2 and later · before 6.1.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mitre). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • strongSwan strongSwan

    • 5.0.2 and later · before 6.1.0affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12strongswanall versions—
Debian:13strongswanbefore 6.0.1-6+deb13u76.0.1-6+deb13u7
Debian:14strongswanbefore 6.1.0-16.1.0-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedstrongswanbefore 6.1.0-1.16.1.0-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOSstrongswanbefore 5.9.11-150400.19.40.25.9.11-150400.19.40.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOSstrongswanbefore 5.9.11-150500.5.28.25.9.11-150500.5.28.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7strongswanbefore 5.9.14-150700.3.21.25.9.14-150700.3.21.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSstrongswanbefore 5.1.3-26.43.25.1.3-26.43.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSSstrongswanbefore 5.9.12-150600.3.23.25.9.12-150600.3.23.2

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-41913strongSwan before 5.9.12 has a buffer overflow and possible unauthenticated remote code execution via a DH public value that exceeds the int
    40Plan
  • CVE-2023-26463strongSwan 5.9.8 and 5.9.9 potentially allows remote code execution because it uses a variable named "public" for two different purposes wit
    40Plan
  • CVE-2015-3991strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-45079In strongSwan before 5.9.5, a malicious responder can send an EAP-Success message too early without actually authenticating the client and (
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-25075strongSwan 4.5.0 < 6.0.5 EAP-TTLS AVP Parsing Integer Underflow
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-62291In the eap-mschapv2 plugin (client-side) in strongSwan before 6.0.3, a malicious EAP-MSCHAPv2 server can send a crafted message of size 6 th
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
strongSwan strongSwan6.1.0Vendor (CNA)
azl3 strongswan 5.9.14-10 on Azure Linux 3.05.9.14-11Microsoft (MSRC)
debian:strongswan6.0.1-6+deb13u7 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:strongswan6.1.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
suse:strongswan5.9.14-150700.3.21.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-781270 days apartlibcharon in strongSwan 4.1.2 through 6.0.7 has a missing release of memory after its effective lifetime in the IKE message parser.
    14Monitor
  • CVE-2026-781310 days apartstrongSwan 4.2.0 through 6.0.7 has a missing release of memory after its effective lifetime in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parse
    14Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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