DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11999
X.509 trust-chain bypass (path-depth exhaustion) in the OpenSSL compatibility certificate verifier (wolfSSL_X509_verify_cert()). This affects only builds with --enable-opensslextra whose application calls X509_verify_cert() with caller-supplied untrusted intermediates; for those users it is critical, otherwise the library is unaffected. Native wolfSSL TLS/DTLS usage is not impacted. X509_verify_cert() returned success based only on the last verified link rather than on reaching a trust anchor: when the supplied chain is deeper than the verifier's maximum path depth (default 100), path building runs out of depth while still walking untrusted intermediates and the chain is accepted even though it never reaches a configured trust anchor, allowing acceptance of an attacker-controlled certificate. The default TLS handshake (WOLFSSL_VERIFY_PEER) is not affected; only applications doing manual or deferred verification through this API are.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11999
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11999
wolfssl
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 5.5.4-2
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.5.4-2+deb12u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.5.4-2+deb12u2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.5.4-2+deb12u3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.5.4-2.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.6.4-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.6.4-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.6.6-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.6.6-1.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.6.6-1.2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.6.6-1.3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.6.6-1.3~exp1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.7.0-0.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.7.0-0.2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.7.0-0.3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.7.2-0.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.7.2-0.2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.7.2-0.3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.7.2-0.4Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.8.2-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.8.2-1.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.8.2-1.2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.8.4-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.9.0-0.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.9.0-0.2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.9.1-0.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions5.9.2-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
wolfssl
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 5.7.2-0.1
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.7.2-0.2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.7.2-0.3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.7.2-0.4Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.8.2-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.8.2-1.1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.8.2-1.2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.8.4-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.9.0-0.1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.9.0-0.2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.9.1-0.1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions5.9.2-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"5.7.2-0.4",
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}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #55463 · Revision 1
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