CVE-2026-50722

Libreswan, via the function RSA_authenticate_hash_signature_pkcs1_1_5_rsa(), did not correctly verify the DER encoding of the ASN.1 digest when the IKEv2 AUTH payload was encoded using RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 (RFC 8017). A remote attacker can use a variation on the Bleichenbacher attack to forge the AUTH payload when small public exponents are used (e.g., e=3), leading to impersonation. Additionally, a remote attacker, by encoding a shorter than expected hash in the AUTH payload, could trigger an assertion leading to denial-of-service. The daemon aborts and restarts; continued exploitation causes sustained denial of service. Remote code execution is not possible. X.509 certificate verifications of the remote IKE peer are not affected.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

09 Jul 2026, 15:47

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Libreswan
Libreswan libreswan
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-50721/CVE-2026-50721.txt - () https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-50721/CVE-2026-50721.txt - Vendor Advisory, Mailing List
References () https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-50722/ - () https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-50722/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-50722/CVE-2026-50722.txt - () https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2026-50722/CVE-2026-50722.txt - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8017 - () https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8017 - Technical Description

02 Jul 2026, 22:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-02 22:16

Updated : 2026-07-09 15:47


NVD link : CVE-2026-50722

Mitre link : CVE-2026-50722

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50722


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Products Affected

libreswan

  • libreswan
CWE
CWE-347

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CWE-617

Reachable Assertion