CVE-2026-2645

HIGH

Acceptance of CertificateVerify Message before ClientKeyExchange in TLS 1.2

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In wolfSSL 5.8.2 and earlier, a logic flaw existed in the TLS 1.2 server state machine implementation. The server could incorrectly accept the CertificateVerify message before the ClientKeyExchange message had been received. This issue affects wolfSSL before 5.8.4 (wolfSSL 5.8.2 and earlier is vulnerable, 5.8.4 is not vulnerable). In 5.8.4 wolfSSL would detect the issue later in the handshake. 5.9.0 was further hardened to catch the issue earlier in the handshake.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-358
Status published
Products (2)
wolfSSL/wolfSSL < 5.8.4
wolfssl/wolfssl < 5.8.4
Published Mar 19, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 19, 2026