Vulnerability in The Libreswan Project
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 us…
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- The Libreswan Project — versions 0, 5.3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df (vendor-advisory)
- d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df (patch)
- d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df (related)
- d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df (technical-description)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-50722?
- CVE-2026-50722 is a high-severity vulnerability in The Libreswan Project, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-07-02.
- How severe is CVE-2026-50722?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.