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    CVE-2026-77207

    Libreswan has a null pointer dereference bug in the PKCS#7 handling code for IKE certificate authentication. When libreswan decodes an IKE CERT payload of type CERT_PKCS7_WRAPPED_X509, it guards the PKCS#7 blob with SEC_PKCS7ContainsCertsOrCrls() and then iterates the certificate list with SEC_PKCS7GetCertificateList(). The two NSS APIs disagree on a SignedData that carries a CRL but no certificates: ContainsCertsOrCrls() returns PR_TRUE (there is a CRL), so the guard passes, but GetCertificateList() returns NULL (there are no certificates). This causes libreswan to dereference a null pointer leading to a crash and restart. A malicious IKE_AUTH packet can trigger this bug, meaning the peer does not need to be authenticated. No remote code execution is possible. Continued exploitation can cause a denial of service.

    Published:Oct 5, 2026
    Last Modified:Oct 26, 2026
    EPS:Oct 13, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00463
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libreswan
    Product
    Libreswan

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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