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CVE-2026-5460

MEDIUM CVSS 4.0: 6.3 EPSS 0.06%
Updated Apr 10, 2026
Parameter Value
CVSS 6.3 (MEDIUM)
Type CWE-416 (Use After Free)
Public PoC No

A heap use-after-free exists in wolfSSL's TLS 1.3 post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hybrid KeyShare processing. In the error handling path of TLSX_KeyShare_ProcessPqcHybridClient() in src/tls.c, the inner function TLSX_KeyShare_ProcessPqcClient_ex() frees a KyberKey object upon encountering an error. The caller then invokes TLSX_KeyShare_FreeAll(), which attempts to call ForceZero() on the already-freed KyberKey, resulting in writes of zero bytes over freed heap memory.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
Present
Additional conditions required
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
Low
Partial disruption

CVSS Vector v4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)