CVE-2026-78131

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    CVE-2026-78131

    Published: 11 Sept 2026Last Modified: 12 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: strongSwan 4.2.0 through 6.0.7 has a missing release of memory after its effective lifetime in the x509 plugin's attribute certificate parser.

    References: https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78131.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78131, https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78131).html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 196b28a470cf648b783106a9514d48d78e7406f0
    Fixed -b43f6bfeed34b4afc8a7eb0c0de38e6e70177847

    Affected versions

    6.1.0rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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