CVE-2026-78123

Name
CVE-2026-78123
Description
strongSwan 5.0.2 through 6.0.7 has an Expired Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 parsing in the openssl plugin.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/6.1.0
cve@mitre.org https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2026/09/07/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2026-78123).html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* strongswan >= 5.0.2 < 6.1.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
strongswan edge-main 6.1.0-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
strongswan edge-main 6.0.7-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 6.0.7-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 6.0.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 6.0.6-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 6.0.5-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 6.0.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.14-r4 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.14-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.14-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.14-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.14-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.12-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.10-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.8-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.1-r4 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.9.1-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.7.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.7.0-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.6.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan edge-main 5.5.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.24-main 6.0.7-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.24-main 6.0.7-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.23-main 5.9.14-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.9.14-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.9.14-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.9.12-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.9.10-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.9.8-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.9.1-r4 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.9.1-r3 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.7.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.7.0-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.6.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.22-main 5.5.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.9.14-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.9.14-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.9.12-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.9.10-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.9.8-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.9.1-r4 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.9.1-r3 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.7.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.7.0-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.6.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.21-main 5.5.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.9.13-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.9.13-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.9.12-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.9.10-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.9.8-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.9.1-r4 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.9.1-r3 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.7.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.7.0-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.6.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.20-main 5.5.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.9.12-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.9.10-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.9.8-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.9.1-r4 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.9.1-r3 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.7.1-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.7.0-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.6.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
strongswan 3.19-main 5.5.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable