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CVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

CVE-2026-7531

Use-after-free in PQC hybrid key-share handling. This is an incomplete-fix follow-up to CVE-2026-5460 (released in 5.9.1): a malicious TLS 1.3 server sending a truncated PQC hybrid KeyShare can still trigger the error cleanup path to operate on freed memory.

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Analysis

A critical use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in wolfSSL's TLS 1.3 implementation. An attacker-controlled server can trigger memory corruption or remote code execution by sending a truncated Post-Quantum Cryptography hybrid key-share to a client.

Relevant roles

CC++BackendCyberSecurityHardwareLinux

Severity

Score: 9.8(CRITICAL)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV: NETWORK
AC: LOW
PR: NONE
UI: NONE
S: UNCHANGED
C: HIGH
I: HIGH
A: HIGH
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0029 (0.3%)
Percentile: 20.3%
EPSS: 2026-06-26

Affects

wolfssl:wolfssl

Technical description

Use-after-free in PQC hybrid key-share handling. This is an incomplete-fix follow-up to CVE-2026-5460 (released in 5.9.1): a malicious TLS 1.3 server sending a truncated PQC hybrid KeyShare can still trigger the error cleanup path to operate on freed memory.

Published: 6/25/2026, 8:17:17 PM
Last modified: 6/26/2026, 4:53:58 PM

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