SecuriTricks - CVE-2026-5479

Description

In wolfSSL's EVP layer, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD decryption path in wolfSSL_EVP_CipherFinal (and related EVP cipher finalization functions) fails to verify the authentication tag before returning plaintext to the caller. When an application uses the EVP API to perform ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption, the implementation computes or accepts the tag but does not compare it against the expected value.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wolfssl	Wolfssl	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-354

Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

The product does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	wolfssl	wolfssl	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10102

CVSS Score

7.6 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: ADJACENT
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: PRESENT
Privileges Required: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: NONE
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: April 10, 2026, 4:17 a.m.
Last Modified: April 10, 2026, 4:17 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Source

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CVE-2026-5479