Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2026· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2026-5393

Description

Dual-Algorithm CertificateVerify out-of-bounds read. When processing a dual-algorithm CertificateVerify message, an out-of-bounds read can occur on crafted input. This can only occur when --enable-experimental and --enable-dual-alg-certs is used when building wolfSSL.

Affected products

WolfSSL/Wolfssl
cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <5.9.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10079nvdIssue TrackingPatch

News mentions

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Severity

CriticalCVSS v3.1

9.1/ 10

CVSS v46.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/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

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Vector

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

EPSS

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.05%

VYPR risk score

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.59high

cvss	0.591
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

Weaknesses

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read

CVE ID

CVE-2026-5393

Credits

SY
Seunghyun Yoon, (Korea Institute of Energy Technology, KENTECH) for testing
other
SL
Sunwoo Lee, (Korea Institute of Energy Technology, KENTECH) for testing
other
WC
Woohyun Choi, (Korea Institute of Energy Technology, KENTECH) for testing
other