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CVE-2026-5479: wolfSSL EVP ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD authentication tag

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-5479DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5479ALPINE-CVE-2026-5479
Published 10-04-2026Last modified 22-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-5479 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in wolfssl. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.6, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In wolfSSL's EVP layer, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD decryption path in wolfSSL_EVP_CipherFinal (and related EVP cipher finalization functions) fails to verify the authentication tag before returning plaintext to the caller. When an application uses the EVP API to perform ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption, the implementation computes or accepts the tag but does not compare it against the expected value.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine1 product
  • wolfssl< 5.9.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • wolfsslAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • wolfsslAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfssl1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

5 links