FKIE_CVE-2026-43823

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-23 15:17 - Updated: 2026-09-04 18:17
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
When initializing an RSA public key from DER or PEM bytes throws an error, the EVP_PKEY* is double-freed: first in the catch block, then in the deinit. This can lead to a crash on future memory allocations. This double-free manifests when BoringSSL cannot decode the public key from the bytes provided. This vulnerability is addressed in swift-crypto version 4.5.1.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://github.com/apple/swift-crypto/security/advisories/GHSA-8q93-f6xh-4f6fVendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto/security/advisories/GHSA-8q93-f6xh-4f6fVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple swift-crypto *
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