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The fix removes the guard, making the XOR unconditional; the no-op property on the first block is preserved because digest is zero-initialized by wc_InitCmac_ex.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00387,"percentile":0.33031,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-190"],"published":"2026-04-10T05:06:22Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:33:06Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.23","package":"wolfssl","fixed_in":["5.9.1-r0"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.24","package":"wolfssl","fixed_in":["5.9.1-r0"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Julia","package":"wolfSSL_jll","fixed_in":["5.9.2+0"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.23","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.9.1-r0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.24","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.9.1-r0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.5.4-2","5.5.4-2+deb12u1","5.5.4-2+deb12u2","5.5.4-2+deb12u3","5.5.4-2.1","5.6.4-1","5.6.4-2","5.6.6-1","5.6.6-1.1","5.6.6-1.2","5.6.6-1.3","5.6.6-1.3~exp1","5.7.0-0.1","5.7.0-0.2","5.7.0-0.3","5.7.2-0.1","5.7.2-0.2","5.7.2-0.3","5.7.2-0.4","5.8.2-1","5.8.2-1.1","5.8.2-1.2","5.8.4-1","5.9.0-0.1","5.9.0-0.2","5.9.1-0.1","5.9.2-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.7.2-0.1","5.7.2-0.1+deb13u1","5.7.2-0.1+deb13u2","5.7.2-0.2","5.7.2-0.3","5.7.2-0.4","5.8.2-1","5.8.2-1.1","5.8.2-1.2","5.8.4-1","5.9.0-0.1","5.9.0-0.2","5.9.1-0.1","5.9.2-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Julia","package":"wolfSSL_jll","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.9.2+0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.4.8+dfsg-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.10.2+dfsg-2","3.12.0+dfsg-1","3.12.2+dfsg-1","3.13.0+dfsg-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.1.0+dfsg-2","4.2.0+dfsg-1","4.2.0+dfsg-2","4.2.0+dfsg-3","4.3.0+dfsg-2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.6.0-3","5.0.0-1","5.1.1-1","5.2.0-1","5.2.0-2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.5.4-2","5.5.4-2.1","5.6.4-2","5.6.6-1.2","5.6.6-1.3","5.6.6-1.3build1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.7.2-0.1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.9.1-0.1","5.9.2-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"wolfssl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.7.2-0.1","5.8.2-1.2","5.8.4-1","5.9.1-0.1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"wolfssl","product":"wolfssl"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10102","tags":["Issue Tracking","fix","web","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5477","tags":["advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-grqc-3vmg-p68x","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-5477","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5477.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5477","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-5477","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5477","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-5477","title":"Prefix-substitution forgery via integer overflow in wolfCrypt CMAC","description":"An integer overflow existed in the wolfCrypt CMAC implementation, that could be exploited to forge CMAC tags. The function wc_CmacUpdate used the guard `if (cmac-\u003etotalSz != 0)` to skip XOR-chaining on the first block (where digest is all-zeros and the XOR is a no-op). However, totalSz is word32 and wraps to zero after 2^28 block flushes (4 GiB), causing the guard to erroneously discard the live CBC-MAC chain state. Any two messages sharing a common suffix beyond the 4 GiB mark then produce identical CMAC tags, enabling a zero-work prefix-substitution forgery. 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Any two messages sharing a common suffix beyond the 4 GiB mark then produce identical CMAC tags, enabling a zero-work prefix-substitution forgery. The fix removes the guard, making the XOR unconditional; the no-op property on the first block is preserved because digest is zero-initialized by wc_InitCmac_ex.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-10T05:06:22Z","modified":"2026-04-10T14:04:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:29.850635Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-grqc-3vmg-p68x","title":"An integer overflow existed in the wolfCrypt CMAC implementation, that could be exploited to...","description":"An integer overflow existed in the wolfCrypt CMAC implementation, that could be exploited to forge CMAC tags. 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