Vulnerability in Wolfssl
CVE-2026-3503
Protection mechanism failure in wolfCrypt post-quantum implementations (ML-KEM and ML-DSA) in wolfSSL on ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers allows a physical attacker to compromise key material and/or cryptographic outcomes via induced transient faults that corrupt or redirect seed/pointer values during Keccak-based expansion. This issue affects wolfSSL (wolfCrypt): commit hash d86575c766e6e67ef93545fa69c04d6eb49400c6.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (5.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 5.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Wolfssl
- Wolfssl Inc. (Wolfcrypt) — versions 5.8.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/9734 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-3503?
- CVE-2026-3503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl, classified under Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2026-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-3503?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.