CVE-2026-5466

NameCVE-2026-5466
DescriptionwolfSSL's ECCSI signature verifier `wc_VerifyEccsiHash` decodes the `r` and `s` scalars from the signature blob via `mp_read_unsigned_bin` with no check that they lie in `[1, q-1]`. A crafted forged signature could verify against any message for any identity, using only publicly-known constants.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1133835

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wolfssl (PTS)bullseye4.6.0+p1-0+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm5.5.4-2+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1vulnerable
sid, forky5.9.1-0.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wolfsslsource(unstable)5.9.1-0.11133835

Notes

[trixie] - wolfssl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - wolfssl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - wolfssl <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10102
Fixed by (merge): https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/32502e9963a1db43fa42bd1e6edaa27fd8168ad9 (v5.9.1-stable)

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