CVE-2026-78124 PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 22.08.2026 Published: 11.09.2026 Updated: 11.09.2026

strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 allows PKCS#7 certificate enumeration in the openssl plugin that leads to a lack of release of memory after its effective lifetime.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 3.7

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	strongSwan
Product	strongSwan
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 5.0.2 to 6.1.0 (excl.)

References

https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78124).html

Problem Types

CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime CWE