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CVE-2026-78130 Sep 07, 00:00 HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service via NULL-pointer dereference in strongSwan's x509 plugin affects versions 4.2.0 through 6.0.x, triggered during verification of X.509 attribute certificates. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the charon IKE daemon by presenting a crafted attribute certificate during VPN handshake negotiation, taking the gateway offline. Vendor-released fix is strongSwan 6.1.0, published September 7, 2026, as part of a coordinated batch of six CVE patches; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-78133 Sep 07, 00:00 HIGH PATCH This Week

Use-after-free in strongSwan's IKEv2 Multi-Key Exchange (Multi-KE, RFC 9370) implementation is triggered when two authenticated IKE peers simultaneously initiate a rekey operation, causing a race condition that corrupts heap memory and can result in remote code execution within the IKE daemon. The attack requires an established IKE session and high-complexity timing to induce the collision, reflected in the CVSS AC:H/PR:L vector. Fixed in strongSwan 6.1.0, released September 7, 2026, alongside six other CVEs disclosed in the same advisory batch. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2026-78134 Sep 07, 00:00 HIGH PATCH This Week

Tunneled EAP authentication in strongSwan before 6.1.0 can be bypassed when the IKEv2 responder fails to properly enforce inner EAP method authentication details, enabling a network attacker with a low-privilege outer-tunnel identity to obtain an authorized VPN session without completing the inner credential exchange. The flaw (CWE-863, Incorrect Authorization) is limited to deployments using tunneled EAP methods such as EAP-TTLS or EAP-PEAP; certificate-only or non-tunneled EAP configurations are not affected. Vendor-released patch strongSwan 6.1.0 is available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.1
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-78135 Sep 07, 00:00 HIGH PATCH This Week

strongSwan 5.9.7 through versions prior to 6.1.0 lets unauthenticated network attackers drive an IKEv2 responder running charon/libcharon into creating a Child Security Association before the IKE authentication exchange has completed, giving low-level impacts to confidentiality, integrity and availability (CVSS 3.1 base 7.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Reachability over UDP 500/4500 is what drives the score rather than severe impact, and there is a public advisory but no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is 0.34% (27th percentile), indicating low near-term exploitation likelihood. The vendor-released patch is strongSwan 6.1.0, published alongside a September 2026 batch of unrelated strongSwan fixes (CVE-2026-78123, -78124, -78126, -78127, -78129 through -78131).

Information Disclosure Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 3.1
7.3
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-78132 Sep 07, 00:00 HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service via infinite loop in strongSwan's x509 plugin affects all deployments that process X.509 attribute certificates. An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a malformed attribute certificate that triggers CWE-835 (infinite loop) during parsing, causing the IKE daemon to hang indefinitely and disrupting all VPN connectivity. The vendor fixed this in strongSwan 6.1.0 alongside six other vulnerabilities disclosed on 2026-09-07; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2026-25075 Mar 23, 18:33 HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Unauthenticated remote attackers can crash strongSwan versions 4.5.0 through 6.0.4 via integer underflow in the EAP-TTLS AVP parser during IKEv2 authentication by sending malformed AVP packets with invalid length fields. Public exploit code exists for this denial of service vulnerability, which triggers memory corruption in the charon daemon with no available patch. Organizations running affected strongSwan versions are vulnerable to service disruption without authentication or user interaction required.

Denial Of Service Integer Overflow Strongswan
NVD VulDB
CVSS 4.0
8.7
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2026-25998 Feb 19, 17:24 HIGH This Week

strongMan's credential encryption uses a static initialization vector with AES-CTR mode, causing all database fields to be encrypted with identical key streams. An attacker with database access can leverage publicly stored certificates to derive the key stream and decrypt stored private keys and EAP secrets. No patch is currently available for this high-severity vulnerability affecting strongSwan management deployments.

Information Disclosure Strongman Strongswan
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2026-78123 Sep 07, 00:00 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Undefined memory access in PKCS#7 container parsing affects an Ubuntu-packaged cryptographic library, potentially enabling denial of service or information disclosure when processing malformed PKCS#7 input. The specific library (OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, or Linux kernel PKCS#7 module) is not identified in available data. No patch version, CVSS score, or CWE classification was provided, leaving severity and exploitability largely unquantified at time of analysis.

Information Disclosure Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2026-78131 Sep 07, 00:00 LOW PATCH Monitor

Memory leak vulnerabilities in attribute certificate parsing expose affected cryptographic library users to potential denial-of-service via memory exhaustion. Attribute certificates (X.509v2 AC, RFC 5755) are distinct from public-key certificates and carry authorization attributes; parsing them from untrusted network input - for example during TLS handshakes or certificate validation workflows - would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger repeated leaks and exhaust process heap memory over time. Reported by Ubuntu, no active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, and no CVSS score is yet assigned.

Information Disclosure Strongswan
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
3.7
EPSS
0.2%
CVE-2026-78129 Sep 07, 00:00 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Unbounded iteration during PKCS#7 container decryption exposes affected systems to a denial-of-service condition where a crafted cryptographic payload causes a parsing loop to run without termination bounds. The specific library or package is not identified in the available intelligence - Ubuntu is the reporting source, suggesting this affects a cryptographic library they distribute (candidates include OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, or similar). An attacker able to supply a malformed PKCS#7 container to a vulnerable parsing routine can exhaust CPU resources and halt service availability. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and no CVSS score or severity rating has been assigned.

Denial Of Service Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2026-78127 Sep 07, 00:00 LOW PATCH Monitor

Insufficient data exists to characterize this vulnerability beyond its title. The only available intelligence is the description 'Memory Leak During Message Stringification' and a single Ubuntu vendor attribution. No affected product, version, CVSS score, CWE, CPE, references, or patch details have been provided. Memory leak vulnerabilities during message serialization or stringification operations typically result in heap exhaustion and denial of service, but the specific product, component, and exploitation context remain entirely unknown from available data.

Information Disclosure Strongswan
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
3.7
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2026-78126 Sep 07, 00:00 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

NULL-pointer dereference in code handling Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) Synchronization-Failure messages causes a process crash when a malformed or unexpected AKA-Synchronization-Failure response is processed. The vulnerability affects software that implements 3GPP AKA authentication - a protocol used in mobile network authentication (3G/4G/5G) and EAP-AKA for Wi-Fi/IMS - as packaged by Ubuntu. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, and the primary real-world impact is denial of service via crash of the authentication handling daemon.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2026-78124 Sep 07, 00:00 LOW PATCH Monitor

Memory exhaustion via PKCS#7 certificate processing affects an Ubuntu-packaged cryptographic component, allowing crafted certificate containers to gradually leak heap memory. The vulnerable component is reported by Ubuntu but the specific library (e.g., OpenSSL, GnuTLS, or another ASN.1/PKCS#7 parser) is not identified in available data. An attacker capable of delivering malicious PKCS#7 containers to a vulnerable service - such as a TLS endpoint, S/MIME mail processor, or package verification daemon - could trigger sustained memory growth leading to service degradation or crash.

Information Disclosure Strongswan
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
3.7
EPSS
0.2%
CVE-2023-41913 Dec 07, 05:15 CRITICAL Act Now

strongSwan before 5.9.12 has a buffer overflow and possible unauthenticated remote code execution via a DH public value that exceeds the internal buffer in charon-tkm's DH proxy. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Strongswan
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
9.8
EPSS
2.3%
CVE-2023-26463 Apr 15, 00:15 CRITICAL Act Now

strongSwan 5.9.8 and 5.9.9 potentially allows remote code execution because it uses a variable named "public" for two different purposes within the same function. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Strongswan
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
9.8
EPSS
2.3%
CVE-2022-40617 Oct 31, 06:15 HIGH This Week

strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and intermediate CA) certificate that contains a CRL/OCSP URL. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical Debian Linux Fedora +5
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
1.6%
CVE-2021-41991 Oct 18, 14:15 HIGH PATCH This Week

The in-memory certificate cache in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow upon receiving many requests with different certificates to fill the cache and later trigger the replacement. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE Integer Overflow Debian Siemens Debian Linux +25
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
4.8%
CVE-2021-41990 Oct 18, 14:15 HIGH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Integer Overflow Debian Siemens Debian Linux +20
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
6.5%
CVE-2019-10155 Jun 12, 14:29 LOW PATCH Monitor

The Libreswan Project has found a vulnerability in the processing of IKEv1 informational exchange packets which are encrypted and integrity protected using the established IKE SA encryption and. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Information Disclosure Microsoft Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fedora +5
NVD
CVSS 3.1
3.1
EPSS
0.5%
CVE-2018-17540 Oct 03, 20:29 HIGH PATCH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Debian Canonical Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux +1
NVD
CVSS 3.0
7.5
EPSS
3.5%
CVE-2018-16152 Sep 26, 21:29 HIGH This Week

In verify_emsa_pkcs1_signature() in gmp_rsa_public_key.c in the gmp plugin in strongSwan 4.x and 5.x before 5.7.0, the RSA implementation based on GMP does not reject excess data in the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical Jwt Attack Debian Linux +2
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
1.9%
CVE-2018-16151 Sep 26, 21:29 HIGH This Week

In verify_emsa_pkcs1_signature() in gmp_rsa_public_key.c in the gmp plugin in strongSwan 4.x and 5.x before 5.7.0, the RSA implementation based on GMP does not reject excess data after the encoded. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical Jwt Attack Debian Linux +2
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
1.9%
CVE-2018-10811 Jun 19, 21:29 HIGH PATCH This Week

strongSwan 5.6.0 and older allows Remote Denial of Service because of Missing Initialization of a Variable. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical Debian Linux Fedora +3
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
7.1%
CVE-2018-5388 May 31, 13:29 MEDIUM This Month

In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux +1
NVD
CVSS 3.0
6.5
EPSS
4.0%
CVE-2018-6459 Feb 20, 15:29 MEDIUM This Month

The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Jwt Attack Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 3.0
5.3
EPSS
1.1%
CVE-2015-3991 Sep 07, 20:29 CRITICAL Act Now

strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 3.0
9.8
EPSS
4.5%
CVE-2017-11185 Aug 18, 17:29 HIGH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
0.7%
CVE-2017-9023 Jun 08, 16:29 HIGH This Week

The ASN.1 parser in strongSwan before 5.5.3 improperly handles CHOICE types when the x509 plugin is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
1.0%
CVE-2017-9022 Jun 08, 16:29 HIGH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux +1
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
1.3%
CVE-2015-8023 Nov 18, 16:59 MEDIUM This Month

The server implementation of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol in the eap-mschapv2 plugin in strongSwan 4.2.12 through 5.x before 5.3.4 does not properly validate local state, which allows remote attackers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Canonical Ubuntu Linux Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 2.0
5.0
EPSS
0.8%
CVE-2015-4171 Jun 10, 18:59 LOW PATCH Monitor

strongSwan 4.3.0 through 5.x before 5.3.2 and strongSwan VPN Client before 1.4.6, when using EAP or pre-shared keys for authenticating an IKEv2 connection, does not enforce server authentication. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux +2
NVD
CVSS 2.0
2.6
EPSS
1.0%
CVE-2014-9221 Jan 07, 19:59 MEDIUM This Month

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Debian Canonical Debian Linux +5
NVD
CVSS 2.0
5.0
EPSS
6.9%
CVE-2014-2891 May 07, 10:55 MEDIUM This Month

strongSwan before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon crash) via a crafted ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID payload. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 2.0
5.0
EPSS
1.6%
CVE-2014-2338 Apr 16, 18:37 MEDIUM This Month

IKEv2 in strongSwan 4.0.7 before 5.1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by rekeying an IKE_SA during (1) initiation or (2) re-authentication, which triggers the IKE_SA state to be set. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Strongswan
NVD VulDB
CVSS 2.0
6.4
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2013-6076 Nov 02, 18:55 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

strongSwan 5.0.2 through 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and charon daemon crash) via a crafted IKEv1 fragmentation packet. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 2.0
5.0
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2013-6075 Nov 02, 18:55 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The compare_dn function in utils/identification.c in strongSwan 4.3.3 through 5.1.1 allows (1) remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, NULL pointer dereference, and daemon. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 2.0
5.0
EPSS
0.2%
CVE-2013-5018 Aug 28, 23:55 MEDIUM POC This Month

The is_asn1 function in strongSwan 4.1.11 through 5.0.4 does not properly validate the return value of the asn1_length function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Strongswan Opensuse
NVD
CVSS 2.0
4.3
EPSS
2.9%
CVE-2013-2054 Jul 09, 17:55 MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in the atodn function in strongSwan 2.0.0 through 4.3.4, when Opportunistic Encryption is enabled and an RSA key is being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 2.0
5.1
EPSS
1.8%
CVE-2013-2944 May 02, 14:55 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

strongSwan 4.3.5 through 5.0.3, when using the OpenSSL plugin for ECDSA signature verification, allows remote attackers to authenticate as other users via an invalid signature. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Improper Authentication vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms to gain unauthorized access.

Authentication Bypass OpenSSL Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 2.0
4.9
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2012-2388 Jun 27, 21:55 HIGH This Week

The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4.2.0 through 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a (1) empty or (2) zeroed RSA signature, aka "RSA signature verification vulnerability.". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Strongswan
NVD
CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS
0.7%
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service via NULL-pointer dereference in strongSwan's x509 plugin affects versions 4.2.0 through 6.0.x, triggered during verification of X.509 attribute certificates. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the charon IKE daemon by presenting a crafted attribute certificate during VPN handshake negotiation, taking the gateway offline. Vendor-released fix is strongSwan 6.1.0, published September 7, 2026, as part of a coordinated batch of six CVE patches; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Strongswan +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use-after-free in strongSwan's IKEv2 Multi-Key Exchange (Multi-KE, RFC 9370) implementation is triggered when two authenticated IKE peers simultaneously initiate a rekey operation, causing a race condition that corrupts heap memory and can result in remote code execution within the IKE daemon. The attack requires an established IKE session and high-complexity timing to induce the collision, reflected in the CVSS AC:H/PR:L vector. Fixed in strongSwan 6.1.0, released September 7, 2026, alongside six other CVEs disclosed in the same advisory batch. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Strongswan +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Tunneled EAP authentication in strongSwan before 6.1.0 can be bypassed when the IKEv2 responder fails to properly enforce inner EAP method authentication details, enabling a network attacker with a low-privilege outer-tunnel identity to obtain an authorized VPN session without completing the inner credential exchange. The flaw (CWE-863, Incorrect Authorization) is limited to deployments using tunneled EAP methods such as EAP-TTLS or EAP-PEAP; certificate-only or non-tunneled EAP configurations are not affected. Vendor-released patch strongSwan 6.1.0 is available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

strongSwan 5.9.7 through versions prior to 6.1.0 lets unauthenticated network attackers drive an IKEv2 responder running charon/libcharon into creating a Child Security Association before the IKE authentication exchange has completed, giving low-level impacts to confidentiality, integrity and availability (CVSS 3.1 base 7.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Reachability over UDP 500/4500 is what drives the score rather than severe impact, and there is a public advisory but no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is 0.34% (27th percentile), indicating low near-term exploitation likelihood. The vendor-released patch is strongSwan 6.1.0, published alongside a September 2026 batch of unrelated strongSwan fixes (CVE-2026-78123, -78124, -78126, -78127, -78129 through -78131).

Information Disclosure Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service via infinite loop in strongSwan's x509 plugin affects all deployments that process X.509 attribute certificates. An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a malformed attribute certificate that triggers CWE-835 (infinite loop) during parsing, causing the IKE daemon to hang indefinitely and disrupting all VPN connectivity. The vendor fixed this in strongSwan 6.1.0 alongside six other vulnerabilities disclosed on 2026-09-07; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Unauthenticated remote attackers can crash strongSwan versions 4.5.0 through 6.0.4 via integer underflow in the EAP-TTLS AVP parser during IKEv2 authentication by sending malformed AVP packets with invalid length fields. Public exploit code exists for this denial of service vulnerability, which triggers memory corruption in the charon daemon with no available patch. Organizations running affected strongSwan versions are vulnerable to service disruption without authentication or user interaction required.

Denial Of Service Integer Overflow Strongswan
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

strongMan's credential encryption uses a static initialization vector with AES-CTR mode, causing all database fields to be encrypted with identical key streams. An attacker with database access can leverage publicly stored certificates to derive the key stream and decrypt stored private keys and EAP secrets. No patch is currently available for this high-severity vulnerability affecting strongSwan management deployments.

Information Disclosure Strongman Strongswan
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Undefined memory access in PKCS#7 container parsing affects an Ubuntu-packaged cryptographic library, potentially enabling denial of service or information disclosure when processing malformed PKCS#7 input. The specific library (OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, or Linux kernel PKCS#7 module) is not identified in available data. No patch version, CVSS score, or CWE classification was provided, leaving severity and exploitability largely unquantified at time of analysis.

Information Disclosure Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.7
LOW PATCH Monitor

Memory leak vulnerabilities in attribute certificate parsing expose affected cryptographic library users to potential denial-of-service via memory exhaustion. Attribute certificates (X.509v2 AC, RFC 5755) are distinct from public-key certificates and carry authorization attributes; parsing them from untrusted network input - for example during TLS handshakes or certificate validation workflows - would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger repeated leaks and exhaust process heap memory over time. Reported by Ubuntu, no active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, and no CVSS score is yet assigned.

Information Disclosure Strongswan
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Unbounded iteration during PKCS#7 container decryption exposes affected systems to a denial-of-service condition where a crafted cryptographic payload causes a parsing loop to run without termination bounds. The specific library or package is not identified in the available intelligence - Ubuntu is the reporting source, suggesting this affects a cryptographic library they distribute (candidates include OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, or similar). An attacker able to supply a malformed PKCS#7 container to a vulnerable parsing routine can exhaust CPU resources and halt service availability. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and no CVSS score or severity rating has been assigned.

Denial Of Service Strongswan Suse
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.7
LOW PATCH Monitor

Insufficient data exists to characterize this vulnerability beyond its title. The only available intelligence is the description 'Memory Leak During Message Stringification' and a single Ubuntu vendor attribution. No affected product, version, CVSS score, CWE, CPE, references, or patch details have been provided. Memory leak vulnerabilities during message serialization or stringification operations typically result in heap exhaustion and denial of service, but the specific product, component, and exploitation context remain entirely unknown from available data.

Information Disclosure Strongswan
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

NULL-pointer dereference in code handling Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) Synchronization-Failure messages causes a process crash when a malformed or unexpected AKA-Synchronization-Failure response is processed. The vulnerability affects software that implements 3GPP AKA authentication - a protocol used in mobile network authentication (3G/4G/5G) and EAP-AKA for Wi-Fi/IMS - as packaged by Ubuntu. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, and the primary real-world impact is denial of service via crash of the authentication handling daemon.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Strongswan +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.7
LOW PATCH Monitor

Memory exhaustion via PKCS#7 certificate processing affects an Ubuntu-packaged cryptographic component, allowing crafted certificate containers to gradually leak heap memory. The vulnerable component is reported by Ubuntu but the specific library (e.g., OpenSSL, GnuTLS, or another ASN.1/PKCS#7 parser) is not identified in available data. An attacker capable of delivering malicious PKCS#7 containers to a vulnerable service - such as a TLS endpoint, S/MIME mail processor, or package verification daemon - could trigger sustained memory growth leading to service degradation or crash.

Information Disclosure Strongswan
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

strongSwan before 5.9.12 has a buffer overflow and possible unauthenticated remote code execution via a DH public value that exceeds the internal buffer in charon-tkm's DH proxy. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Strongswan
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

strongSwan 5.9.8 and 5.9.9 potentially allows remote code execution because it uses a variable named "public" for two different purposes within the same function. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Strongswan
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and intermediate CA) certificate that contains a CRL/OCSP URL. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical +7
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

The in-memory certificate cache in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow upon receiving many requests with different certificates to fill the cache and later trigger the replacement. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE Integer Overflow Debian +27
NVD GitHub
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Integer Overflow Debian +22
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 3.1
LOW PATCH Monitor

The Libreswan Project has found a vulnerability in the processing of IKEv1 informational exchange packets which are encrypted and integrity protected using the established IKE SA encryption and. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Information Disclosure Microsoft Red Hat +7
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Debian Canonical +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

In verify_emsa_pkcs1_signature() in gmp_rsa_public_key.c in the gmp plugin in strongSwan 4.x and 5.x before 5.7.0, the RSA implementation based on GMP does not reject excess data in the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

In verify_emsa_pkcs1_signature() in gmp_rsa_public_key.c in the gmp plugin in strongSwan 4.x and 5.x before 5.7.0, the RSA implementation based on GMP does not reject excess data after the encoded. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

strongSwan 5.6.0 and older allows Remote Denial of Service because of Missing Initialization of a Variable. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical +5
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Jwt Attack Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The ASN.1 parser in strongSwan before 5.5.3 improperly handles CHOICE types when the x509 plugin is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Canonical +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

The server implementation of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol in the eap-mschapv2 plugin in strongSwan 4.2.12 through 5.x before 5.3.4 does not properly validate local state, which allows remote attackers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Canonical Ubuntu Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 2.6
LOW PATCH Monitor

strongSwan 4.3.0 through 5.x before 5.3.2 and strongSwan VPN Client before 1.4.6, when using EAP or pre-shared keys for authenticating an IKEv2 connection, does not enforce server authentication. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.

Information Disclosure Debian Canonical +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Debian +7
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

strongSwan before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon crash) via a crafted ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID payload. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM This Month

IKEv2 in strongSwan 4.0.7 before 5.1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by rekeying an IKE_SA during (1) initiation or (2) re-authentication, which triggers the IKE_SA state to be set. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Strongswan
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

strongSwan 5.0.2 through 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and charon daemon crash) via a crafted IKEv1 fragmentation packet. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The compare_dn function in utils/identification.c in strongSwan 4.3.3 through 5.1.1 allows (1) remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, NULL pointer dereference, and daemon. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Buffer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

The is_asn1 function in strongSwan 4.1.11 through 5.0.4 does not properly validate the return value of the asn1_length function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Strongswan +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.1
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow in the atodn function in strongSwan 2.0.0 through 4.3.4, when Opportunistic Encryption is enabled and an RSA key is being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

strongSwan 4.3.5 through 5.0.3, when using the OpenSSL plugin for ECDSA signature verification, allows remote attackers to authenticate as other users via an invalid signature. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. This Improper Authentication vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms to gain unauthorized access.

Authentication Bypass OpenSSL Strongswan
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4.2.0 through 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a (1) empty or (2) zeroed RSA signature, aka "RSA signature verification vulnerability.". Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Strongswan
NVD

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