CVE-2026-43820 (GCVE-0-2026-43820)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-23 14:33 – Updated: 2026-07-24 20:09- NIOSSLCertificate._subjectAlternativeNames provides access to the raw bytes for a cert's SANs. NIOSSL provides access to a buffer assumed to be backed by an ASN1_STRING, but not all SANs are backed by ASN1_STRING, so accessing the buffer for such a type can lead to out-of-bounds memory access.
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | swift-nio-ssl |
Affected:
0 , < 2.37.2
(custom)
|
guessed |
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