CVE-2026-5194
wolfSSL: wolfSSL: Reduced security of ECDSA authentication via missing digest size checks
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Red Hat, Julia.
Description
Missing hash/digest size and OID checks allow digests smaller than allowed when verifying ECDSA certificates, or smaller than is appropriate for the relevant key type, to be accepted by signature verification functions. This could lead to reduced security of ECDSA certificate-based authentication if the public CA key used is also known. This affects ECDSA/ECC verification when EdDSA or ML-DSA is also enabled.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | wolfSSL_jll | 5.9.2+0 |
| alpine 3.23 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| alpine edge | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| debian 11 | wolfssl | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | wolfssl | 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 |
| debian 13 | wolfssl | 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2 |
| echo | wolfssl | 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | wolfssl | 0:5.5.4-2+deb12u3, 0:5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2, 0:5.9.1-0.1 |
Show all 13 entries from 13 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | wolfSSL_jll | 5.9.2+0 |
| alpine 3.23 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| alpine edge | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| debian 11 | wolfssl | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | wolfssl | 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 |
| debian 13 | wolfssl | 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2 |
| echo | wolfssl | 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | wolfssl | 5.9.1-r0 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | wolfssl | 0:5.5.4-2+deb12u3, 0:5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2, 0:5.9.1-0.1 |
| rapidfort debian 13 | wolfssl | 0:5.5.4-2+deb12u3, 0:5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2, 0:5.9.1-0.1 |