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: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6487-1 strongswan security update
History

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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

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Title Infinite Loop in StrongSwan X.509 Attribute Certificate Parser

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

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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: 2026-09-14T18:18:29.968Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-78132

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T15:10:44.240Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2026-09-14T20:08:12.657

Link: CVE-2026-78132

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

Weaknesses