DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77205

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-77205
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77205.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77205
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-77205
Published
2026-10-13T22:18:24Z
Modified
2026-10-23T17:47:24Z
Severity
  • 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Libreswan in FIPS mode has a vulnerability where badly formed received certificates are rejected, but not deleted from the NSS cache. As a result, any real certificates with the same serial number are rejected as well. This can be abused to lock out legitimate peers from connecting. The add_decoded_cert() function missed a call to CERT_DestroyCertificate() due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2026-14957. Sending bogus certificates with new serial numbers could prevent the real certificates with those serial numbers from connecting until the service has restarted.

References

Affected packages

Debian:14 / libreswan

Package

Name
libreswan
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libreswan?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.2-2.2
5.2-2.3
5.2-2.4
5.2-2.5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77205.json"