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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2026· Updated Jun 26, 2026

CVE-2026-55961

CVE-2026-55961

Description

wolfSSL_PKCS7_verify() returning success for a degenerate (certs-only) PKCS#7 object that contains no signer. Such an object has empty signerInfos, so the underlying signed-data verification succeeds without authenticating any content. The compatibility-layer verify path now rejects the object when no signer signature has actually been verified, so a PKCS#7 carrying no valid signature is no longer reported as verified. This is enforced regardless of the PKCS7_NOVERIFY flag, which only suppresses signer certificate chain validation and was never intended to waive the requirement that a signature exist. Only affects OpenSSL compatibility builds that call the PKCS7_verify() compatibility API on potentially degenerate PKCS#7 bundles.

Affected products

2
  • WolfSSL/Wolfssl2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.15.7,<5.9.2
    • (no CPE)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

News mentions

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CVE-2026-55961 · High · VYPR