CVE-2026-78129 (GCVE-0-2026-78129)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-11 01:40
Modified
2026-09-11 14:16
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Summary
strongSwan 4.6.2 through 6.0.7 has an infinite loop in PKCS#5 decryption.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
strongSwan strongSwan Version: 4.6.2   ≤
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