DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77206

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-77206
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77206.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77206
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-77206
Published
2026-10-13T22:18:24Z
Modified
2026-10-14T10:00:41Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Libreswan's IKEv2 state machine has a null pointer dereference bug in the EAP handling code for authentication. As a result of inconsistency within the IKEv2 state machine code, this bug can be triggered by any IKEv2 connection, even if EAP is not configured at all. The error is caused by a fall-through where it incorrectly dereferences ike->sa.st_eap which is NULL. A malicious IKE_AUTH packet can trigger this bug, meaning the peer does not need to be authenticated. The bug results in a crash and restart of the pluto daemon. No remote code execution is possible. Continued exploitation can cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / libreswan

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*
4.10-2
4.10-2+deb12u1
4.11-1
4.12-1
4.12-2
4.12-3
4.14-1
4.14-1.1
4.15-1
5.*
5.0~rc2-1
5.0~rc2-2
5.2-1
5.2-2
5.2-2.1
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-2026-77206.json"

Debian:13 / libreswan

Package

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

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-2026-77206.json"

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-2026-77206.json"