CVE-2026-78132

high

Description

strongSwan 5.1.3 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser for ietfAttrSyntax.

References

https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78132).html

https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00309