CVE-2026-5477

HIGH

Prefix-substitution forgery via integer overflow in wolfCrypt CMAC

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

An integer overflow existed in the wolfCrypt CMAC implementation, that could be exploited to forge CMAC tags. The function wc_CmacUpdate used the guard `if (cmac->totalSz != 0)` to skip XOR-chaining on the first block (where digest is all-zeros and the XOR is a no-op). However, totalSz is word32 and wraps to zero after 2^28 block flushes (4 GiB), causing the guard to erroneously discard the live CBC-MAC chain state. Any two messages sharing a common suffix beyond the 4 GiB mark then produce identical CMAC tags, enabling a zero-work prefix-substitution forgery. The fix removes the guard, making the XOR unconditional; the no-op property on the first block is preserved because digest is zero-initialized by wc_InitCmac_ex.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 10.3%
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 yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (2)
wolfSSL/wolfSSL < 5.9.0
wolfssl/wolfssl < 5.9.0
Published Apr 10, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 10, 2026