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CVE-2026-11999
Summary

X.509 trust-chain bypass (path-depth exhaustion) in the OpenSSL compatibility certificate verifier (wolfSSL_X509_verify_cert()). This affects only builds with --enable-opensslextra whose application calls X509_verify_cert() with caller-supplied untrusted intermediates; for those users it is critical, otherwise the library is unaffected. Native wolfSSL TLS/DTLS usage is not impacted. X509_verify_cert() returned success based only on the last verified link rather than on reaching a trust anchor: when the supplied chain is deeper than the verifier's maximum path depth (default 100), path building runs out of depth while still walking untrusted intermediates and the chain is accepted even though it never reaches a configured trust anchor, allowing acceptance of an attacker-controlled certificate. The default TLS handshake (WOLFSSL_VERIFY_PEER) is not affected; only applications doing manual or deferred verification through this API are.

Publication Date June 26, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Registration Date June 27, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
Last Update June 27, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
CVSS3.1 : HIGH
スコア 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
攻撃元区分(AV) ネットワーク
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃に必要な特権レベル(PR) 不要
利用者の関与(UI) 不要
影響の想定範囲(S) 変更なし
機密性への影響(C) なし
完全性への影響(I)
可用性への影響(A) なし
Affected software configurations
Configuration1 or higher or less more than less than
cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.7.4 5.9.2
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