CVE catalog

CVE-2026-5504

A padding oracle exists in wolfSSL's PKCS7 CBC decryption that could allow an attacker to recover plaintext through repeated decryption queries with modified ciphertext. In previous versions of wolfSS

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium · CVSS 6.3
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.11% · Oct 25, 2026

A padding oracle exists in wolfSSL's PKCS7 CBC decryption that could allow an attacker to recover plaintext through repeated decryption queries with modified ciphertext. In previous versions of wolfSSL the interior padding bytes are not validated.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianwolfsslsid5.9.2-1.2fixed
Debianwolfssltrixie5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2vulnerable
Debianwolfsslbookworm5.5.4-2+deb12u2vulnerable
Debianwolfsslbookworm-security5.5.4-2+deb12u3vulnerable
CpewolfsslNot reportedNot reportedvulnerable
CpewolfsslNot reportedNot reportedunknown

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianwolfsslsourcesid5.9.1-0.1not yet assignedNot reported[1133835]
Debianwolfsslsourcetrixie(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1133835]
Debianwolfsslsourcebookworm(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1133835]

[Debian bug #1133835]

Notes

[trixie] wolfssl: Minor issue [bookworm] wolfssl: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libwolfssl35]Affected

    Source package: [wolfssl]

    Details (4)
    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · amd64 · bookworm-security

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · arm64 · bookworm-security

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

  • [libwolfssl-dev]Affected

    Source package: [wolfssl]

    Details (4)
    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · amd64 · bookworm-security

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

    • 5.5.4-2+deb12u3 · arm64 · bookworm-security

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · bookworm; nvd · wolfssl · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [libwolfssl42t64]Affected

    Source package: [wolfssl]

    Details (2)
    • 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · 13

    • 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · 13

  • [libwolfssl-dev]Affected

    Source package: [wolfssl]

    Details (2)
    • 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · 13

    • 5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1 · arm64 · trixie

      Affected

      nvd · wolfssl · debian · 13

Observed:

References