CVE-2026-55961

wolfSSL_PKCS7_verify() reports success for degenerate (certs-only) PKCS#7 with no signer

State
Published
Severity
8.2 High
Published
Jun 25, 2026
Updated
Jun 25, 2026
Reserved
Jun 17, 2026

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Description

wolfSSL_PKCS7_verify() returning success for a degenerate (certs-only) PKCS#7 object that contains no signer. Such an object has empty signerInfos, so the underlying signed-data verification succeeds without authenticating any content. The compatibility-layer verify path now rejects the object when no signer signature has actually been verified, so a PKCS#7 carrying no valid signature is no longer reported as verified. This is enforced regardless of the PKCS7_NOVERIFY flag, which only suppresses signer certificate chain validation and was never intended to waive the requirement that a signature exist. Only affects OpenSSL compatibility builds that call the PKCS7_verify() compatibility API on potentially degenerate PKCS#7 bundles.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.2 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NwolfSSL

Weaknesses

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wolfSSLwolfSSL
  • 3.15.7 through 5.9.1Affected

References

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