CVE-2026-77205

NameCVE-2026-77205
DescriptionLibreswan in FIPS mode has a vulnerability where badly formed received certificates are rejected, but not deleted from the NSS cache. As a result, any real certificates with the same serial number are rejected as well. This can be abused to lock out legitimate peers from connecting. The add_decoded_cert() function missed a call to CERT_DestroyCertificate() due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2026-14957. Sending bogus certificates with new serial numbers could prevent the real certificates with those serial numbers from connecting until the service has restarted.
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Debian Bugs1150899

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libreswan (PTS)bookworm4.10-2+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie5.2-2.2vulnerable
forky, sid5.2-2.5vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libreswansource(unstable)(unfixed)1150899

Notes

https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-77205/CVE-2026-77205.txt
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-77205/

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