CVE-2026-5477
HIGHPrefix-substitution forgery via integer overflow in wolfCrypt CMAC
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (1)
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