CVE-2026-78131

State: Published
Severity: 3.7 Low
Published: Sep 11, 2026
Updated: Sep 11, 2026
Reserved: Aug 22, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	3.7 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	mitre

Weaknesses

CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

Product	Versions
strongSwanstrongSwan	4.2.0 to before 6.1.0Affected

References

https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78131).html

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