wolfSSL ARIA-GCM TLS 1.2/DTLS 1.2 GCM nonce reuse
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In wolfSSL, ARIA-GCM cipher suites used in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2 reuse an identical 12-byte GCM nonce for every application-data record. Because wc_AriaEncrypt is stateless and passes the caller-supplied IV verbatim to the MagicCrypto SDK with no internal counter, and because the explicit IV is zero-initialized at session setup and never incremented in non-FIPS builds. This vulnerability affects wolfSSL builds configured with --enable-aria and the proprietary MagicCrypto SDK (a non-default, opt-in configuration required for Korean regulatory deployments). AES-GCM is not affected because wc_AesGcmEncrypt_ex maintains an internal invocation counter independently of the call-site guard.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA wolfSSL (wolfSSL) Fixed in 5.9.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
wolfSSL 5.9.1
10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 8 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-04599 DTLS 1.3 ACK heap buffer overflowPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-04537 wolfSSL ECDSA Certificate VerificationPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-04782 Heap Use-After-Free in PQC Hybrid KeyShare Error Cleanup in wolfSSL TLS 1.3Priority LOW 33
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5446
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vgv9-mv66-mpc7
References
More Wolfssl vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-00830 SEGV and out of bounds memory read from malicious packet CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-18557 In wolfSSL before 5.5.1, malicious clients can cause a buffer overflow during a TLS 1.3… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-10943 Potential DoS Vulnerability through Multiple KeyShareEntry with Same Group in TLS 1.3 ClientHello CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2017-09737 wolfSSL Bleichenbacher/ROBOT CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-08902 wolfSSL 4.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow in DoPreSharedKeys in tls13.c when a current identity… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-02021 Improper certificate validation in wolfSSL CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-5446 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5446 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vgv9-mv66-mpc7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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