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high 7.1

CVE-2026-5446 json

wolfSSL ARIA-GCM TLS 1.2/DTLS 1.2 GCM nonce reuse

published 7mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-21180 , GHSA-vgv9-mv66-mpc7 , JLSEC-2026-722

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In wolfSSL, ARIA-GCM cipher suites used in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2 reuse an identical 12-byte GCM nonce for every application-data record. Because wc_AriaEncrypt is stateless and passes the caller-supplied IV verbatim to the MagicCrypto SDK with no internal counter, and because the explicit IV is zero-initialized at session setup and never incremented in non-FIPS builds. This vulnerability affects wolfSSL builds configured with --enable-aria and the proprietary MagicCrypto SDK (a non-default, opt-in configuration required for Korean regulatory deployments). AES-GCM is not affected because wc_AesGcmEncrypt_ex maintains an internal invocation counter independently of the call-site guard.

Patch / fix

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

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-5446

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/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:X
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia wolfSSL_jll
>=5.7.2+0, <5.9.2+0
5.9.2+0

Affected products

  • wolfSSL wolfSSL

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-323 Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

References

Sources

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