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CVE-2026-5500

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 0.36% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2026-04-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2026-5500
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD Description

wolfSSL's wc_PKCS7_DecodeAuthEnvelopedData() does not properly sanitize the AES-GCM authentication tag length received and has no lower bounds check. A man-in-the-middle can therefore truncate the mac field from 16 bytes to 1 byte, reducing the tag check from 2⁻¹²⁸ to 2⁻⁸.

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