Description
A padding oracle exists in wolfSSL's PKCS7 CBC decryption that could allow an attacker to recover plaintext through repeated decryption queries with modified ciphertext. In previous versions of wolfSSL the interior padding bytes are not validated.
Published: 2026-04-09
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Description A padding oracle exists in wolfSSL's PKCS7 CBC decryption that could allow an attacker to recover plaintext through repeated decryption queries with modified ciphertext. In previous versions of wolfSSL the interior padding bytes are not validated.
Title PKCS7 CBC Padding Oracle — Plaintext Recovery
Weaknesses CWE-354
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wolfSSL

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T22:33:42.179Z

Reserved: 2026-04-03T16:06:24.620Z

Link: CVE-2026-5504

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-09T23:17:01.400

Modified: 2026-04-09T23:17:01.400

Link: CVE-2026-5504

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