CVE-2026-78123 (GCVE-0-2026-78123)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 01:26 – Updated: 2026-09-15 15:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 has an Expired Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 parsing in the openssl plugin.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-15 15:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-825 - Expired Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| strongSwan | strongSwan |
Affected:
5.0.2 , < 6.1.0
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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