CVE-2026-55964

Chain intermediate CA:TRUE without keyCertSign accepted as a signing CA. Intermediate CA certificates are required to have the keyCertSign key usage when a Key Usage extension is present, but chain-supplied temporary CAs (WOLFSSL_TEMP_CA) added while building a certificate path were previously exempted from this check, so an intermediate asserting CA:TRUE but lacking keyCertSign was accepted as a signing CA. The check now applies to chain-supplied temporary CAs as well; only operator-loaded root certificates (WOLFSSL_USER_CA) and self-signed roots remain exempt. Per RFC 5280 an absent Key Usage extension implies all usages, so the requirement is enforced only when the extension is actually present (extKeyUsageSet). Affects the OpenSSL-compatibility certificate-path-building path (X509_verify_cert / X509_STORE, OPENSSL_EXTRA/OPENSSL_ALL), where untrusted chain intermediates are added as temporary CAs; native (non-OpenSSL-compat) certificate verification does not create temporary CAs and is unaffected. Within those builds, the check applies unless ALLOW_INVALID_CERTSIGN is defined.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Jun 2026, 18:53

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Wolfssl wolfssl
Wolfssl
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10702 - () https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10702 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ - () https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ - Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.3

25 Jun 2026, 20:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-25 20:17

Updated : 2026-06-26 18:53


NVD link : CVE-2026-55964

Mitre link : CVE-2026-55964

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-55964


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Products Affected

wolfssl

  • wolfssl
CWE
CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation