Description
strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.
Published: 2026-09-11
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6487-1 strongswan security update
History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Infinite Loop in StrongSwan X.509 Attribute Certificate Parser

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.
First Time appeared Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Strongswan
Strongswan strongswan
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Strongswan Strongswan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-11T01:49:15.049Z

Reserved: 2026-08-22T23:35:56.619Z

Link: CVE-2026-78132

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T02:18:34.613

Modified: 2026-09-11T02:18:34.613

Link: CVE-2026-78132

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T07:00:03Z

Weaknesses