Buffer overflow in Wolfssl
CVE-2026-55958
Out-of-bounds write in the Renesas TSIP TLS 1.3 transcript buffer. In tsip_StoreMessage() the capacity check guarding the fixed message bag (MSGBAG_SIZE) sets an error code but fails to return, so execution falls through to an XMEMCPY that writes past the end of the buffer once the accumulated TLS 1.3 handshake transcript exceeds MSGBAG_SIZE (8 KB), corrupting adjacent heap state and potentially causing a remote denial of service crash. The bag is sized to hold a normal handshake, so this is reached only by an unusually large but valid certificate chain, or by a malicious or man-in-the-middle server sending an oversized handshake message to a client that does not strictly verify the chain. This only affects builds using the Renesas TSIP TLS port (WOLFSSL_RENESAS_TSIP_TLS) as a TLS 1.3 client on Renesas MCUs with TSIP hardware enabled, and is rated High within those builds. All other configurations are unaffected.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wolfssl — versions 5.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/10705 (Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-55958?
- CVE-2026-55958 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl, classified under CWE-393. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-55958?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.