CVE-2026-3849

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3849
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-3849.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-3849
Downstream
Published
2026-03-19T20:29:30.839Z
Modified
2026-07-16T03:48:29.482921010Z
Severity
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber CVSS Calculator
Summary
Buffer Overflow in HPKE via Oversized ECH Config
Details

Stack Buffer Overflow in wc_HpkeLabeledExtract via Oversized ECH Config. A vulnerability existed in wolfSSL 5.8.4 ECH (Encrypted Client Hello) support, where a maliciously crafted ECH config could cause a stack buffer overflow on the client side, leading to potential remote execution and client program crash. This could be exploited by a malicious TLS server supporting ECH. Note that ECH is off by default, and is only enabled with enable-ech.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-787"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/3xxx/CVE-2026-3849.json",
    "cna_assigner": "wolfSSL"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl
Events
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "v5.6.0-stable"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "v5.8.4-stable"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "5.6.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "5.9.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.2.1
v5.6.0-stable
v5.6.2-stable
v5.6.3-stable
v5.6.4-stable
v5.6.6-stable
v5.7.0-stable
v5.7.2-stable
v5.7.4-stable
v5.7.6-stable
v5.8.0-stable
v5.8.2-stable
v5.8.4-stable
Other
wolfEntropy1
wolfEntropy2d

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-3849.json"