Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2026-58085
After dispatching a decrypt operation to OCF and receiving the result, the wg(4) driver failed to check whether the MAC verification step succeeded. The driver thus silently accepted packets with an invalid Poly1305 authentication tag. A remote attacker who can send UDP packets to a WireGuard endpoint, and who can guess the bounds of the receiver's replay window, can inject forged or modified transport data packets into the tunnel. A remote attacker who can intercept WireGuard packets bound for a FreeBSD host can modify the ciphertext and authenticated data without detection by the receiver.
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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:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.1% 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: 0.003 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 15.0, 14.4, 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:52.if_wg.asc (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-58085?
- CVE-2026-58085 is a high-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-58085?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.