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CVE-2026-5295

MEDIUM CVSS 4.0: 5.9 EPSS 0.02%
Updated Apr 09, 2026
Parameter Value
CVSS 5.9 (MEDIUM)
Type CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)
Public PoC No

A stack buffer overflow exists in wolfSSL's PKCS7 implementation in the wc_PKCS7_DecryptOri() function in wolfcrypt/src/pkcs7.c. When processing a CMS EnvelopedData message containing an OtherRecipientInfo (ORI) recipient, the function copies an ASN.1-parsed OID into a fixed 32-byte stack buffer (oriOID[MAX_OID_SZ]) via XMEMCPY without first validating that the parsed OID length does not exceed MAX_OID_SZ. A crafted CMS EnvelopedData message with an ORI recipient containing an OID longer than 32 bytes triggers a stack buffer overflow.

Exploitation requires the library to be built with --enable-pkcs7 (disabled by default) and the application to have registered an ORI decrypt callback via wc_PKCS7_SetOriDecryptCb().

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Requires local network access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
Present
Additional conditions required
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
Passive
Minimal interaction

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
Low
Partial data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v4.0