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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-3548 json

Buffer overflow in CRL number parsing in wolfSSL

published 7mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-13150 , GHSA-86fv-q5vx-mw5m , JLSEC-2026-707

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities existed in the wolfSSL CRL parser when parsing CRL numbers: a heap-based buffer overflow could occur when improperly storing the CRL number as a hexadecimal string, and a stack-based overflow for sufficiently sized CRL numbers. With appropriately crafted CRLs, either of these out of bound writes could be triggered. Note this only affects builds that specifically enable CRL support, and the user would need to load a CRL from an untrusted source.

Patch / fix

  • julia wolfSSL_jll 5.9.2+0
  • wolfSSL wolfSSL 5.9.0
  • wolfssl Alpine 3.23 5.9.1-r0
  • wolfssl Alpine 3.24 5.9.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-3548

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/9873/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CNA 4.0 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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:X
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia wolfSSL_jll
<5.9.2+0
5.9.2+0

Affected products

  • wolfSSL wolfSSL

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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