CVE-2026-2646 (GCVE-0-2026-2646)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 17:25 – Updated: 2026-03-19 17:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Heap buffer overflow in session parsing with wolfSSL_d2i_SSL_SESSION() function
Summary
A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in wolfSSL's wolfSSL_d2i_SSL_SESSION() function. When deserializing session data with SESSION_CERTS enabled, certificate and session id lengths are read from an untrusted input without bounds validation, allowing an attacker to overflow fixed-size buffers and corrupt heap memory. A maliciously crafted session would need to be loaded from an external source to trigger this vulnerability. Internal sessions were not vulnerable.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-19 17:43 UTC
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
2 references
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